Chapter 257: Broly: I'd Call You the Strongest!

Fanlou is quite special; as a Divine Spirit, his power is both strong and weak.

And his strength and weakness are embodied in the concepts he possesses.

As the First God, Fanlou possesses two special concepts: one is 【Suspicion】, suspicion towards all things.

The second is 【Boastful Play】, confirmation of the things suspected.

Alone, neither concept has much use, but combined, they become the ability to modify reality.

Fanlou is strong; his strength lies in his ability to use the concept ability of 【Suspicion】 to make a unilateral choice regarding things.

Then he uses the concept ability of 【Boastful Play】 to make a final confirmation on the things he himself chose.

And the things confirmed will be realized.

It sounds like a powerful ability to have one's every wish granted, and the reality is indeed so.

However, because of the concept of 【Suspicion】, Fanlou has severe suspicion — that is, indecisiveness.

In a situation where he cannot make a choice, the confirmation ability of 【Boastful Play】 cannot be activated either.

And a god who cannot activate his concept ability is the reason for his weakness.

"Speaking of which, is he even more powerful than the War God?"

Upon learning of Fanlou's concept ability, Rick speculated as such.

"Is he that powerful?"

Corone glanced over there, at the fifth Dragon Spirit Race head that had already been produced.

"The ability to create food out of nothing is indeed very powerful!"

She nodded, having to agree with Rick's statement.

"Sister Dora, is that all you see?"

"Is that not what you mean?"

"Of course not. When I say Lord Fanlou is powerful, I mean his unreasonable concept ability."

To help his own sister understand better, Rick gave a hypothetical example.

"Suppose the War God were still alive and had to face him; then the War God might not even see his face before being dealt with by him..."

It wasn't that Rick thought the other party was weak because the War God died, but Fanlou's ability is theoretically this exaggerated.

As long as he suspects the War God's existence, and uses his own 【Boastful Play】 concept to confirm this suspicion brought about by 【Suspicion】.

Then the War God might just have the reality-modifying power directly pierce his Divine Marrow because he was confirmed as non-existent.

Unlike the War God who became a super stat monster by relying on concept mechanisms, Fanlou is this world's pure concept mechanism monster; he can rely solely on the mechanism ability brought by his own concepts to crush stat monsters.

The only uncertainty is whether Fanlou's concept ability can act on other Divine Spirits, but it seems it should be able to.

After all, Fanlou once suspected his own existence, and after accidentally confirming this suspicion, he thereby killed himself.

"If he can proficiently utilize his own concept ability, then he is an existence that is both the Creator God and the Destroyer God."

Born from a thought, dying from a thought; all things in the world, all within a single thought.

"Lord Fanlou, strong, invincible~"

Shuvi raised both hands, cheering for her own Creator, albeit a cheer with a blank expression.

"But the premise is that the opponent has sufficient decisiveness."

Rick added a sentence.

But this is precisely what Fanlou lacks.

Because of 【Suspicion】, Fanlou holds suspicion towards everything in the world; unable to easily trust anything, his 【Boastful Play】 ability is difficult to bring into effect.

The reason he can crazily duplicate Dragon Spirit Race heads over there now is because the other party borrowed Jibril's choice.

【Please Wish】 — this kind of ability that can grant wishes for others — rather than saying it is Fanlou's third concept, it is better to say it is a concept usage extended from the other party's 【Boastful Play】 concept.

That is, Fanlou can achieve the result of granting others' wishes by confirming that others strongly believe in the existence of a certain thing, or hope for a certain situation to occur.

"The omnipotent Wish Princess..."

This is Rick's evaluation of Fanlou, although he doesn't know to what degree the intent must be strong for Fanlou to help grant a wish.

But looking at the Dragon Spirit Race heads still being continuously duplicated over there, Rick feels this standard shouldn't be too high.

And even if the wish for world peace cannot be granted, then even wishing for one more share of grain, wishing for one more share of safety for the settlement, is also possible.

If they had met Fanlou long ago, perhaps their humans would not have had so many casualties, so many tragedies of separation by life and death...

Rick's thoughts flowed, his complexion turning pained as a result.

Shuvi discovered this, called out to him once, and only then did he return to his senses.

Rick smiled bitterly; the thought of meeting Fanlou earlier was originally a false proposition.

He merely had expectations of changing some regrettable matters because he saw Fanlou's power.

"Wait, since Fanlou can duplicate Dragon Spirit Race heads, then can he also repair the defective parts of your body, Rick?"

Corone suddenly asked.

"Right, how did I not think of that? If the intent is sufficient, can he even resurrect the dead?"

Hearing this, Rick was first stunned, then overjoyed.

When the Dragon Spirit Race heads were duplicated to the ninth one, Rick interrupted Fanlou's duplication behavior.

With a posture similar to when he knelt before Broly earlier, he prostrated himself with all four limbs before Fanlou.

"Please, Lord Fanlou, please grant our wish."

It wasn't just Rick who knelt; Shuvi and Corone did as well.

Shuvi counts as following her husband's lead.

And Rick and Corone truly wanted to make up for the regrets that occurred in the human settlement in the past, wanting to resurrect some dead companions back to life.

Regarding the three's request, Fanlou did not refuse; Corone was the one who had recently accompanied Him in playing chess, and Shuvi was the Ex-Machina who had answered many of His questions, so Fanlou did not reject granting their wishes.

As for Rick? Hmph, he was merely an optional extra, at least in Fanlou's view, not a very important existence.

"Then, Lord Fanlou, please let the defective parts on Rick's body recover first."

Shuvi and Corone made their wishes to Fanlou, and as white light adhered to Rick's body, Rick felt a tingling itch appear at the locations of his missing limbs.

"So itchy~"

Rick tore off the bandages on his left arm and scratched, and a hand grew out at a speed visible to the naked eye, wrapped in white light; simultaneously growing back was the eye in his left eye socket.

"I've recovered, I've recovered!"

Rick touched his new arm, vigorously rubbing his regrown left eye, a look of excitement on his face.

Even this kind of injury can be recovered; does that mean reviving dead people is also possible?

"Please let the people I know revive..."

"Please let the dead will-holders revive..."

"Please let Nona's father revive..."

However, Rick subsequently made three consecutive revival wishes with decreasing numbers of people, yet none were realized.

"Is our will not strong enough?"

Rick's complexion gradually lost the excitement from just now, turning somewhat pale as he asked. In response, Fanlou first shook His head, then nodded.

"What does that mean?"

Rick could not understand His meaning.

"Mm..."

Fanlou then revealed a troubled expression, seemingly unsure how to explain.

He asks questions more often, but rarely answers others' doubts.

"His meaning is, your will is strong enough, but the quantity is not."

It was Jibril who, at this time, explained to Rick in place of the troubled Fanlou.

When the wish was granted just now, Jibril was able to detect that something had been drawn out from within her body.

She hadn't thought carefully just now; thinking carefully now, that should be the power of the soul, of will.

And where the soul and will reside — for humans it is the body, but for other races it can also be Spirit Power.

Rick's wish to revive his once-departed family and companions is sufficiently strong, but as a human, the quantity of his soul power might not even be one millionth of a Flügel's, let alone compare to Broly's soul from a higher-dimensional world.

"In other words, it is your insufficient soul power that leads to an inability to trigger Fanlou's capability to grant your wish."

"But my hand, my eyes, haven't they already recovered?"

Rick did not acknowledge Jibril's explanation.

In response, Jibril turned her gaze toward Shuvi.

"I don't know if the Ex-Machina had souls in the past, but she, who now possesses self-awareness, definitely has a soul, and regarding restoring your defective body, she certainly held a strong will.

However, regarding the matter of reviving others you spoke of, she may not necessarily hold such a strong will, am I correct?"

She asked Shuvi.

Rick looked over; Shuvi lowered her head and defaulted.

"How could it be..."

Jibril's words were easy to understand; the one whose wish was truly granted was Shuvi, not him and Corone.

And Shuvi held strong feelings for him, but not so for others, so the subsequent prayers were not realized.

"Sorry, Rick."

Shuvi apologized; it was their Ex-Machina race who initially deflected the 【Dragon Roar of Yanlong】's trajectory, blowing up the village Rick was in, causing the death of Rick's family and clan, and now she could not hold a strong will to revive those important to Rick, which made Shuvi feel extremely apologetic.

"..."

Rick was somewhat dazed, not knowing what to say for a moment; he didn't know whether he should comfort Shuvi, or request Shuvi to try harder, perhaps the next moment a strong will to revive the dead would arise.

Of course, Rick also knew this was impossible.

"However, your wish to revive the departed is rather laughable."

Just as Rick generated the dangerous thought of slitting his own throat, betting on whether Shuvi could bring along the other departed to revive together, having this kind of thought of putting himself on the line, he heard Jibril speak like this.

"What is wrong with wanting to revive dead family and companions?"

"This feeling is not wrong, but the act itself is wrong; in this world, aside from the Divine Spirit Race, other creatures or lives, once dead, are dead.

Even if Fanlou's power can revive the departed, this kind of revival, I would rather call it creating a brand new individual wearing the departed's former appearance, even inheriting the departed's memories.

This is fundamentally not true revival..."

Jibril's words surprised Broly somewhat; this differed somewhat from the common sense he knew.

In the previous world, Aqua Master could revive others with a casual wave.

Even the Demon King was revived.

However, this is also only natural.

Different world, different rules.

This world is filled with the Spirit Race; after a creature or life's flesh dies, the soul carried on the flesh dissipates.

And the Spirit Power storing consciousness would also be decomposed by the omnipresent Spirit Race; there is fundamentally no concept of reincarnation or an afterlife.

Aside from the Divine Spirit Race, or those whose consciousness is protected from dissipation by a powerful existence immediately after death and a flesh body reconstructed to stuff the consciousness inside for revival, all other revivals are merely false revivals.

"So it's like that..."

Learning the truth of revival, Rick dispelled the thought of putting himself on the line, accepting the fact that the departed cannot live again.

"It's my turn, I still want to make a wish to you."

Fanlou looked at Broly, tilted His head, not knowing what wish he still wanted to make.

"I hope the foods from my dreams can appear in reality."

Broly, holding a pious heart, made a wish to Fanlou.

The omnipotent Wish Princess was startled, then blazed with radiant light.

Beneath the light, fragrances began to rise, and all manner of delicacies began to cover the ground.

Broly did not hesitate; he scooped up a piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

The familiar taste, yet a different feeling from the dream.

This was the real thing, making the Saiyan boy's eye sockets grow somewhat moist.

No need to pay money, no need for Happiness Points, just wish to Fanlou and food poofs into existence.

"Fanlou, you are the wife among wives!"

Broly said sincerely.

"Wife among wives, what is that?"

Fanlou asked with some confusion.

"Still a wife, but the strongest wife!"

In the aspect of giving food, Broly was willing to call Fanlou the strongest wife.

Fanlou: "..."

He did not know what to say, but he could feel Broly's happiness.

"Whatever else you wish for, I will help you realize it."

"Then, bring out a few more wives like you."

Fanlou: "???"

Facts proved that some wishes Fanlou also could not fulfill.

The concept is unique; trying to exploit a bug is simply impossible.

So Broly could only settle for the next best thing, filling his remaining seventy cubic meters of Personal Space to the brim.

And after doing these things, Avant Heim also flew to the skies above the Great Forest where the Elves were located.

The Elves in the forest stood ready in battle array; although they had been notified there would be no battle, they still could not help feeling nervous facing the colossus Sky City overhead, and beside it a Dragon Spirit Race Dragon King, and a group of Dragon Spirit Race in dragon form.

Sink Nirvalen was one of the few Elves who could remain calm, and she was not only calm — seeing that even the Dragon Spirit Race's last Dragon King had followed Avant Heim, her heart instead burned even hotter.

With the Dragon Spirit Race bowing their heads now, what in the future could stop her from relying on her cheap little husband to become this world's administrator?

(Chapter End)