I can copy the beautiful girl

Volume 69: Chapter The Power of Concepts

"There are two things to note in this campaign against the White Whale."

Holding Beatrice in my arms, I sat on the dragon cart pulled by Patrash and said to Crusch, who was also sitting in the dragon cart.

Yes, of course we have to bring Patras into our camp. The Emilia camp without Patras is not the Emilia camp.

"The first is naturally the white whale itself. Everything else is easy to deal with, but once someone is touched by the white whale's vanishing mist, they will be completely forgotten, unable to even leave a name as a hero. This kind of thing is best avoided."

Even I would think that such a death is too pitiful and worthless.

Although there are countless heroes in history who have not left their names, at least they should not die without leaving even a trace for the living.

"The second is the Witch Cult."

"Witch Cult?"

There were six people sitting in the dragon carriage: me, Beatrice, Emilia, Roswaal, Crusch, Phyllis, and if Puck is counted as one, that would make seven.

The first person to react to the term "Witch Cult" was Crusch.

She crossed her arms, tapping her left arm with her right index finger, thoughtfully: "What's the connection between the White Whale expedition and the Witch Cult? If the Witch Cult showed up... it's probably because of Emilia, right?"

"Of course." I nodded. "Although it might seem a bit harsh from Emilia's perspective, once the news of the silver-haired half-elf becoming the candidate for the throne spreads, the Witch Cult will definitely take action. On the other hand, it should be noted that the white whale and the Witch Cult are not unrelated. It's not an exaggeration to say that the white whale is a pet raised by the Witch Cult... If you investigate carefully, you should find that there are usually signs of Witch Cult activities around the white whale."

It is too easy for Pandora to control a monster like the white whale that lacks intelligence.

Speaking of which, there's the Witch of Vacuum, oh no, the Witch of Pretense, who has always been hidden behind the scenes and has only appeared twice in the original novel, more than a hundred years ago and fourteen years ago. No one knows what her real purpose is. If you meet her, you must copy her.

Well, no matter what her purpose is, no matter whether she is good or bad, she has completely grown on my XP. I can't wait to see her.

"So that's how it is... I didn't expect there was such a connection between the White Whale and the Witch Cult..." Crusch gasped. "No wonder you said we would be completely wiped out without your help. It seems our preparations are truly inadequate."

"Indeed." Phyllis nodded. "It's hard to imagine how terrifying it would be to be suddenly attacked by the Witch Cult while we're focusing all our efforts on dealing with the White Whale."

No, you were killed purely by the White Whale, and it has nothing to do with the Witch Cult, so don't flatter yourself.

If you are not good at it, just practice more - a gentle person like me would never say such words that would undermine people's confidence.

"Because the battle takes place at night, we cannot rely on Parker's strength. We must rely on our own strength to face the dual pressures of the White Whale and the Witch Cult."

I'm sorry that even I can't change the value of Parker's Civil War Phantom.

Emilia is not in the mansion now, but is joining us in the fight against the White Whale. So the Witch Cult that has Emilia as their target will naturally not go to Roswaal's mansion, but will 90% join the battle against the White Whale.

Greed, Gluttony, and Sloth are the three cardinal sins of the Witch Cult that the Archbishops had better be prepared to face.

"I can't count on the power of the Four Great Spirits, but I still have you," Crusch said, looking me straight in the eye. "I was deeply impressed by what you said in the throne room. You must have the real confidence to disregard even Reinhardt, right?"

"That's true. At least in terms of fighting strength, I'm not weaker than Parker."

After all, Parker's abilities were copied by me.

"However, the enemy isn't as easy to deal with as we might imagine. If the Archbishop of Greed appears, even the might of the Four Great Spirits won't be able to defeat them."

Gluttony and Sloth are not that difficult to beat.

Without knowing the information, they all possess the power to kill on first sight, which is certainly dangerous in that respect, but in terms of direct combat, compared to me who has copied Parker Beatrice Roswaal's ability, there is no way they can win.

As for the information about them, I know it very clearly, so there is naturally no possibility that they will be killed by Chu Jiansha. Therefore, the two archbishops of Gluttony and Sloth are really not a problem.

——The key lies in greed.

Reinhardt has the same invincible setting as Saitama teacher next door. He is a pure numerical monster like Saitama. Everything else is irrelevant. It is just pure beauty in terms of numbers.

However, in this world, Reinhardt is not as pure in expressiveness as Saitama next door. No enemy can compete with him - oh, let me reiterate, I am talking about Saitama from "One Punch Man", please ignore the bald guy from "Fatal Fury".

The reason is simple, because this world's worldview has the power of "concept".

Regardless of whether it is a world with strong or weak expressiveness, once the power system involves "concepts", it is not simply a matter of strong numerical values.

What? Wouldn't it be fine if the numbers were strong enough to shatter even concepts?

Mr. Zhou Shuren once said it well: the end point of numbers is concepts, and the numerical strength that can shatter concepts - isn't this a "concept"?

In other words, if a value cannot reach the "concept", no matter how strong it is, it will be one level lower than the "concept".

Of course, this does not mean that numerical monsters cannot defeat mechanical monsters, and that mechanical monsters are necessarily stronger than numerical monsters.

After all, they were all concepts, and some concepts could be forcibly overcome by relying on high numerical values. For example, the powers of the Archbishop of Sin of the Witch Cult were actually all "conceptual" level powers. But let alone Reinhardt, the conservative estimate of those in this world who could defeat the Archbishop of Sin with pure numerical strength was in the double digits - except for the Archbishop of Greed.

Yes.

Except for the Sin Archbishop of Greed.

The Archbishop of Sin of the Witch Cult, Regulus Corneas.

The power that his authority allows him to gain is a cheating-level concept that no matter how strong the numerical value is, it cannot be surpassed.

Time stops.

For example, if the time of a cup is stopped, then the cup will never "change".

External forces cannot interfere with the cup whose time has been stopped, and the cup will never be harmed by any external forces because the cup whose time has been stopped is "unchanging".

Regulus imposed this kind of time stop on himself, so he would not be harmed by any external force. Even if you are strong enough to destroy a planet with one blow, your attack will not cause any harm to him. The power he possesses is such a cheat.

Of course, because it was too much of a cheat, in order to prevent him from becoming truly invincible, the original author gave him a weakness. That is, although the body can stop time, the heart cannot stop beating. If the heart does not beat for more than five seconds, Regulus will die.

As for why such cheating power still has to care about the laws of physics, don’t ask me, I don’t understand. Anyway, the author set it up this way, so he deserves this weakness.

In order to solve this weakness, Regulus used another ability of the power, which is that he can transfer his heart into the bodies of his "wives", so that he can always maintain an invincible state and will never be harmed by any external forces.

In other words, if you want to defeat Regulus, you must first kill all of his wives and return their hearts to Regulus' body. This will break his invincible body that always remains "unchanged" when time is stopped.

But firstly, I can't do such a cruel thing as destroying a flower, and secondly...

Even if the heart returns to Regulus' body, it is still a question whether he can be defeated.

In the original novel, Regulus dies for two reasons.

First, Natsuki Subaru found his weakness. Emilia put all his wives into a state of suspended animation. Natsuki Subaru used the power of sloth to cut off the connection that Regulus had established with Emilia with the power of lust, allowing the heart to return to Regulus' body.

In this situation, Regulus was caught off guard and thrown deep into the ground by Reinhard. He could not return to the surface in a short time, so his heart could not bear it and he died.

As for the second reason for Regulus' death, it was... he was mentally retarded.

This is the main reason.

Given Regulus's cheating power, even if his heart returned to his body, he would not have died if he had a normal IQ. Therefore, the key point is that he is mentally retarded.

Thinking of this, I breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, don't worry, it's just a witch cult, I will find a way."

If I treat Regulus as a normal person, it would indeed be a headache, but as long as I treat him as a mentally retarded person... well, no problem.

He was mentally retarded.

——Although I thought so in my heart, after arriving at the location and setting up camp, I still found a chance to return to reality.

It’s better to be cautious in life.

Well, this was my first time facing this kind of difficulty, so I admit I was a little nervous.

After all, if I fail to protect them by mistake and any one of Remram, Emilia, Beatrice, or Crusch dies, I will have to die to save them.

I've never died before, so I'm really nervous.

And more importantly, it is uncertain whether dying once will be able to save others. After all, the Witch of Jealousy does not care about the life or death of others as long as Natsuki Subaru can escape the dead end of death.

For example, Rem was attacked by the Archbishop of Gluttony and lost her memory and name irreversibly. This was because the Witch of Jealousy judged that Natsuki Subaru had reached a dead end and began to push the return time back.

Priscilla's death in the Empire arc was also due to the same reason. The Witch of Jealousy didn't care about Priscilla's life or death at all. As long as she judged that Natsuki Subaru had walked out of the current dead end, she would push the rewind time back until Priscilla could no longer be saved, just like Rem could no longer be saved.

In fact, if the Witch of Jealousy really wanted to...she could pull Natsuki Subaru back to the past completely at her own will.

Yes, the time point of the return after death does not have to be pushed back. As long as the Witch of Jealousy is willing, it can be pushed forward.

For example, the time point for Natsuki Subaru's return in the Mansion Arc has been determined, but as long as the Witch of Jealousy is willing, she can actually ignore this return point after Natsuki Subaru's death and send him back to the first day of the time travel.

Therefore, it is hard to say whether the Witch of Jealousy did it on purpose since Rem couldn't save you.

There's no way. Although the Witch of Jealousy and Satella are the same person, they have different consciousnesses. Satella really does everything for Natsuki Subaru, while the Witch of Jealousy... as long as Natsuki Subaru can get out of the dead end of death, it doesn't matter if other people are all dead. It would be better if all other people died.

Unfortunately, there are very few times when Satira's consciousness can take the lead.

So, be careful.

If one of Emilia and the others really died and the Witch of Jealousy was angry with me at this time... then there might be no way to save them.

Although I have some guesses about the Jealous Witch's current situation, but... you can't gamble on this kind of thing!

Set the time of the zero world to the slowest.

I decided to wait until I was absolutely sure before traveling back in time to defeat the white whale.

"Anna, please don't go to the Zero World for the time being. I've slowed down the time in that world. Even if you go there, you'll have to wait until I'm there before you can act. So, for the time being, just focus on doing business on Earth."

"Okay, Master. Once I get familiar with this world, I will definitely make a lot of money to support you."

"Don't make it sound like I'm just a gigolo! If I really want to make money, can't I just do it easily?"

"So why doesn't the master go and make money? Doesn't he like money?"

"If I'm going to make money myself, then why do I need you guys? I'm just trying to find something for you to do!"

"It's amazing that the master can say such useless things with such confidence."

Okay, it's decided. We'll talk about which world to go to later to obtain the power to solve the problems in the Re-Zero World. For now, let's give this woman a good beating. Let her dare to disrespect the master again!

The lesson he learned was that he couldn't help but start a big war.

I have copied quite a few 2D beauties these days, and now is the time to do something big.

...The bed is still too small!

Just putting Emilia, Anastasia, Priscilla, and Crusch side by side would leave no space on my bed.

After I got on the bed, I could only lie on top of them. There was no place for me to lie down.

As for the other girls, there was even less room for them. After I summoned them into the room, they could only stand aside.

"How do you sleep these days?"

While attacking Priscilla, I couldn't help but turn around and ask Hisako.

Feishazi replied, "Sleeping on the floor."

Rem nodded. "The floor of this room is also very warm, perfect for sleeping."

Ram yawned. "It's just too hard. Ram thinks the master should pay more attention to us. If we weren't clones, the master's harem would have run away long ago."

Sorry, my bad.

I couldn't help but feel filled with shame.

Ram, you really know how to stab me.

But since what he said was completely true, I have no way of refuting it.

It sounds good to let the replicas be free, but isn't it actually just indifference?

No! This won't do! I've been completely self-absorbed these days. This is so irresponsible.

Although I am a scumbag, I believe that I am not that irresponsible scumbag!

Even though it's a clone, I, as the owner, also need to be responsible!

At least before they support me, I should provide them with a comfortable living environment!

"It seems that we really need a big house now."

There's no way around it. I have to take back what I said to Anna. I have to take action.

In order to accommodate the increasing number of clones in the future, it would be best to build an extra-large house with all the necessary facilities.

In this case, the money required is not a small amount, and Anna cannot earn it even if she works hard in a short time.

So... do we need to use some special measures?

Well, forget it. A good law-abiding citizen like me cannot do such illegal things, and there is no need for it.

Priscilla and I switched positions. I leaned against the head of the bed and Priscilla sat on me. Then I began to think about legal and quick ways to make money.

"Take the gold."