Chapter 480: Ah, I Must Be Mistaken, This Guy Is Useless

The news of Shien’s victory over Aldia didn’t spread widely.

Although many people witnessed the duel, they tacitly chose to keep it a secret.

Because they knew that if this matter spread, it would definitely cause a huge commotion worldwide.

The strongest knight of the human race actually lost to the princess’s fiancé, the recently prominent new Earl. This news was too shocking and might cause unwanted unrest.

Therefore, those experts tacitly chose to keep it a secret, and Ancil, on behalf of the royal family, also expressed his opinion that it was best not to spread this news casually.

This wasn’t to protect Aldia’s reputation, but to prevent unnecessary turmoil.

After all, there were many who were in awe of Aldia’s prestige, and many legendary experts wanted to challenge him and claim the title of the strongest human. If they learned that Aldia had lost to a young noble of only twenty, regardless of whether they believed it or not, they would definitely take some action.

Even the Old Demon Faction might target him because of this.

Therefore, Ancil decided to keep this matter a secret.

At least, not while Shien was in the spotlight.

Thus, apart from a limited number of experts, no one else knew that Shien had defeated Aldia and become the true number one human.

As for the dazzling light that appeared above the noble district, affecting the entire capital and blinding everyone, the palace explained that it was caused by the court builders using newly developed magic to rebuild a remote area of the noble district, and there were some problems with the magic.

The citizens then realized,

“So it was just an accident during the reconstruction.”

“Fortunately, it wasn’t another disaster.”

“I don’t want to see that terrifying meteor shower again.”

“Who does?”

The citizens were relieved and started chatting and gossiping.

Shien didn’t care either.

Whether the news of his victory over Aldia spread or not didn’t affect him much.

After all, he had Airi and Lilith backing him, and everyone knew that the Divine Race and the Demon Race were supporting and protecting him. Shien didn’t believe anyone would dare to come after him.

As long as it wasn’t trouble, it wasn’t something he needed to worry about.

Now, Shien had tested his strength and was quite satisfied with his current level.

“Although I’ve used up all my skill points, the seven Heaven’s Decree skills, fused from so many skills, haven’t disappointed me.”

Shien now only wanted to know if, with his current strength, he could rival transcendent beings.

For this, Shien specifically went to consult Airi again.

He knew that Airi must have been watching his duel with Aldia.

Therefore, Shien felt that Airi should be able to give him an answer.

However…

“How would I know?”

When Shien went to consult Airi, she answered directly.

“I don’t know if that was your full strength, or how powerful your Holy Sword truly is. How could I know if you can reach our level at your full power?” ℝ𝐀𝐍ȱ𝐁ЁŠ

Hearing this, Shien also responded frankly, telling Airi about all his abilities, except for his two Unique Skills and his blessing.

Including the seven Heaven’s Decree skills, the two magic skills, and the power of the fully unsealed Holy Sword, he revealed everything to Airi.

This was perhaps the most open Shien had been since coming to this world.

He would never have done this before, but Airi was now one of his own. He had witnessed her protection and support, so Shien basically had complete trust in this girl.

Under such circumstances, Shien was naturally willing to reveal his secrets to her.

Who would have thought that after learning about the effects of his seven Heaven’s Decree skills and the full power of the Holy Sword, especially the tenfold amplification of [Samsara of Heaven’s Decree] and the various effects of the Holy Sword, Airi would remain silent for a long time.

“…You pervert.”

After a long while, Airi finally gave Shien this unacceptable evaluation.

According to her, she had never seen a regular skill that could directly amplify the user’s strength tenfold like [Samsara of Heaven’s Decree].

This level of effect was comparable to a Unique Skill, bridging the gap between levels and skills, allowing the weak to defeat the strong.

Perhaps it was because of this that this skill had suddenly transformed into a special skill.

It could no longer be considered a regular skill and could even be treated as a combat-type Unique Skill.

In other words, Shien now had three Unique Skills, incredibly broken.

As for the power of the Holy Sword, that left Airi speechless for a long time.

She said,

“When you break through to the level limit and reach Mitra’s level, that Hero will probably be nothing in your eyes.”

Airi looked at Shien as if he was a freak.

Shien was naturally unhappy and threatened to use her pillow as a cushion if she continued to provoke him. Only then did she behave herself.

After some thought, Airi gave her evaluation.

“Based on the means you described, I can only make a preliminary estimate that you should be able to reach our level now, but whether you can reach the level of a Demon Lord is still unclear.”

Even among those at the transcendent level, there were differences in strength.

Currently, the transcendent level could be divided into three tiers.

The lowest tier was the level of the Goddess of Life and the Goddess of Nature. Although they had reached transcendence, they were still inferior to Demon Lords.

Demon Lords belonged to the middle tier. Among the Six Demon Lords, except for Sara at night, who slightly surpassed this level, the other five were all at this level, a step above the Goddess of Life and the Goddess of Nature. Lilith, the strongest evil god, and Artemis, the Goddess of Justice, were also at this level.

The highest tier was naturally Lildas, the Goddess of Fate.

This unreliable goddess was still ridiculously strong. Even two Demon Lords working together might not be able to defeat her, so her standing alone at this level was normal. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be considered the closest existence to omnipotence.

And Shien?

In terms of realm, he was definitely inferior.

But this guy had cheat abilities, forcefully pushing his strength up. He was currently above the level cap of one hundred and could reach the transcendent level, but how far he could reach was still uncertain.

Airi believed that with Shien’s current abilities, if he went all out, he shouldn’t be much weaker than the Goddess of Life and the Goddess of Nature.

“It’s hard to say if your opponent is a Demon Lord. After all, you have the Holy Sword, even though it, like you, hasn’t transcended yet, and its power is limited, but your Holy Sword is too broken, it can still restrain Demon Lords.”

Airi said that the Holy Sword had a great advantage against the Demon Race. Even if Shien’s strength was inferior to a Demon Lord, with the Holy Sword’s power, he might still be able to defeat them.

Hadn’t Mitra, the Hero, also defeated the Demon King with just transcendent-level strength?

Even though he had the assistance of the Supreme God, the Holy Sword was the true cause of the Demon King’s death.

With the Holy Sword’s restraint on the Demon Race, Shien might not be much weaker than a Demon Lord.

“However, against the Goddess of Justice and the Goddess of Evil of the Divine Race, you might not be able to win.”

Airi’s tone was quite harsh.

But Shien’s expression was strange.

“Actually, I have the blessing of Omniis, the Supreme God, and can ignore the Divine Race’s powers. I probably don’t need to be too worried about those two either.”

Shien really wanted to say this.

But the consequence of saying this would definitely be Airi looking at him like he was a super pervert, so Shien moved his lips, then chose to remain silent.

After this conversation, Shien came to a conclusion.

“If I go all out, I should have reached the transcendent level, comparable to the Goddess of Life and the Goddess of Nature.”

“And with the Holy Sword’s power, even against a Demon Lord, I might have a chance of winning.”

“The same goes for the goddesses of the Divine Race. With the blessing’s protection, I also have a chance of winning.”

Since that was the case, with Shien’s current abilities, there was only one being he couldn’t defeat.

“What… what do you want? Coming here to find me so suddenly? Are you planning to bully me again like before?”

When Shien unconsciously arrived at the temple and found his target, this goddess not only didn’t welcome him, but looked at him with vigilance, even assuming a fighting stance.

“…”

Shien looked at the wary and nervous goddess, silent for a long time, then turned around and left without a word.

“Stop right there!”

Lildas exploded.

“What do you mean!? What’s with that disappointed look, that expression and gaze as if saying ‘Ah, I must be mistaken, this guy is useless’!? What do you mean by that……!?”

Lildas’s eyes teared up as she chased after Shien, her small fists pounding on his back, as if she had been greatly insulted.

Shien ignored the goddess’s punches, turned his head, glanced at her, and finally couldn’t help but sigh.

“Sigh—!”

Shien sighed deeply.

“You…! You…!”

Lildas felt a heavy blow, tears welling up in her eyes as she continued to pound on Shien’s back, crying.

Anima, at the side, looked bewildered.

“What… what’s going on?”

Anima was completely dumbfounded, not knowing what had happened.

Today, the royal capital was still lively.