Knock her out and take her back was just a thought in Fang Zheng's mind. Of course, he couldn't really do that to Fina, otherwise, wouldn't it seem that he was guilty?

But how to solve this problem...

"Why……"

Looking at Fina, Fang Zheng sighed.

This is a child without a mother. It’s a long story…

"In fact, it all started with my sword."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out the huge black sword in his hand, and Fina also cast her eyes towards the sword with curiosity.

"This sword...what happened?"

"In fact, Miss Fina, this sword is a magic weapon that I accidentally got when I went out on an adventure before. The thing is, I was like you, and I accidentally went to a small town called Yharnam, and there..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng modified his experiences in the Yharnam world and told Fina about them. Of course, as for the ancient gods and the like, he simply changed their appearance, and as for those cultists... Fang Zheng didn't even need to modify them, because the practices of that group of people were basically no different from those of the cultists in the main world.

According to Fang Zheng's description, basically, there was a group of cultists in Yharnam who tried to release a sealed chaos monster, and then Fang Zheng came here and helped those cultists when he saw injustice, and killed them all. Then he and some local people went to the cultists' location to try to stop their plan.

However, plans are not as fast as changes. Although Fang Zheng and his team successfully killed the leader of the cult after making great efforts, they still unsealed him before he died. And this sword is actually the seal that seals the Chaos Monster.

At this critical moment, one of their companions stepped forward and sacrificed himself, fusing his soul with the sword. Fang Zheng then used the sword to destroy the Chaos Monster and sealed its remaining power once again...

Fang Zheng had written many such stories before when he was editing the game, so he was naturally very familiar with them. Fina was stunned when she heard them, and even Kurumi and Hu Tao were confused. As for Restia, who was living in the greatsword, she could not say anything except "..."

"Come out, Restia."

In order to increase his persuasiveness, Fang Zheng called out to the great sword, and in response to Fang Zheng's call, Restia sighed helplessly. Then everyone saw a flash of light, and the next moment, a figure appeared behind Fang Zheng.

"In this way, you should be able to understand... Miss Fina?"

Looking at the surprised Fina in front of him, Fang Zheng smiled and tried to persuade her, but soon, Fang Zheng found that Fina's eyes widened and her cheeks flushed, and Kurumi next to her screamed and then covered her eyes. As for Kuang San, she stood there with a smile, looking behind her with a thoughtful expression.

What happened? He just called Restia out to scare people, so what went wrong?

Just as Fang Zheng was in a daze, he suddenly saw a pair of snow-white arms reaching out from behind him and gently hugging him.

"At your call, Master..."

"Restia, you...F*ck!"

Fang Zheng turned his head and almost swore after seeing Restia floating behind him. He finally understood why Fina and Walnut had that expression!

Normally, Restia wore a black lace dress, but unlike Esther, she never wore knee-high socks, and she didn't seem to be particularly obsessed with it - well, Fang Zheng originally thought that it was some kind of quirk of the sword elf, but now it seems that it may simply be Esther's own problem.

But now, Restia who appeared behind him was naked!

Damn, Restia, you are kidding me!

Especially now, Restia still had an affectionate look on her face, like a lovesick ghost clinging to a scholar. Combined with the story Fang Zheng told earlier, even without Fang Zheng saying anything more, Dan Fan, who had a little common sense, would be able to imagine a 500,000-word story about how the two fell in love during their adventure, and in the end Restia risked her life to help her lover, and then she possessed Fang Zheng's weapon and lived with him forever...

"Mr. Fang Zheng..."

Well, regardless of anything else, just looking at Fina's tearful eyes, you can tell that she must have been overthinking it.

“…In short, that’s it.”

Fang Zheng was not a fool. He understood immediately that Restia did this because she was dissatisfied with him for making up her life story and "writing her to death". So she was playing a trick on him. But what else could Fang Zheng do? He had to finish his own death even if it meant crying...

"I see!"

This time, without waiting for Fang Zheng to say anything else, Fina nodded vigorously.

"I won't ask any more questions, Mr. Fang Zheng. I hope you can be happy!"

“No, this…”

That's not what I meant...

Although the ending was a bit speechless, Fang Zheng still managed to get away with it, which was considered to have achieved his goal. As for what to do next... Fina said that she would go back to the temple and report what happened here to the temple's top leaders. Being able to "steal" the goddess's power was a very serious matter, and the temple must investigate. Although according to Nymph, this was just a failure, who knows if someone somewhere has successfully constructed a ritual that is not much different?

What would happen if we created a group of demigod cultists?

Think about it more carefully, what if they are planning to artificially create an evil god?

Well... considering that the crazy people in Yharnam all want to create an ancient god, Fang Zheng said that this possibility is really quite high...

During this time, Fina also invited Fang Zheng to go with her, but Fang Zheng still declined Fina's invitation. His relationship with the Temple was a bit awkward. To be honest, Fang Zheng also felt that he had a conflict with the Temple. He attended two banquets in a row, and then two incidents happened. What if he went to the Temple again this time and the Temple held a banquet for him...

Let’s just forget it.

After that, Fang Zheng and his group said goodbye to Fina. Originally, Fang Zheng was planning to take Kuang San and the others away directly, but what Fang Zheng didn't expect was that Hu Tao grabbed him, then hesitated for a moment, and made a small but surprising request.

"...You want to form a mercenary group here?"

"yes."

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Hu Tao nodded excitedly.

"After this trip with Brother Fang Zheng and the others, I feel that this world is too exciting. I also want to stay here for a while longer! Let's form a mercenary group, just like in the anime games..."

Looking at the excited Hu Tao, Fang Zheng patted his head. He had forgotten that Hu Tao was also a game geek. For her, this was almost like traveling to another world. There were many kinds of mercenary groups in Japanese light novels, games and animations. Hu Tao was obviously envious and planned to imitate those protagonists and make one for fun.

"But, this..."

"I also think that Kurumi's suggestion is a good one."

Just when Fang Zheng was hesitant, Kuang San also spoke up.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, you also said that the Tiandao Palace has a deep relationship with the main world, but we don't have a smooth intelligence channel in the main world. I think that building such a mercenary group can allow us to use another identity to better collect intelligence from this world and use it as our intelligence channel."

"What you said makes sense."

After hearing what Kuang San said, Fang Zheng nodded. Although he could use the "Whispering Volume" to investigate, he must have a goal. Otherwise, the entire main world is so big, how would you know which information is useful?

Although the communication with the Temple is very smooth at present, Fang Zheng cannot guarantee that they will not conceal some information for certain reasons. Besides, the two parties are different organizations after all, and it is indeed foolish to entrust one's intelligence information to another organization.

"Then it is decided."

In the end, Fang Zheng agreed to Hu Tao's request.