Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 70: Chapter 69 This is simply black technology!

It took Fang Zheng a good while to calm the excited Nymph down, which gave him an immense headache. Normally, according to the tropes of web novels, when someone encounters a slave or such who recognizes them as their master, shouldn’t it be time to suavely say something like, “You are free now, go choose your own destiny,” and then annul their bindings, leading to their profound gratitude and growing closeness with you?

So why did it seem like trying to remove that dog collar from Nymph would make her act as though he was about to kill her entire family?

What kind of twisted world did this poor child come from, to be so distorted?

“Sigh…”

Looking at Nymph with tears in her eyes, gazing earnestly at him like an abandoned puppy, Fang Zheng found himself at a loss for words. He sighed helplessly and gave up on the idea of taking the collar off her neck. Frankly, he was uncomfortable seeing such a young child wearing such a large collar, but if Nymph flat-out refused to take it off, what could he do?

It was just as well that the chain linked to his right hand could, according to Nymph, stretch and disappear at will; otherwise, if Miss Cleric saw him walking around with a girl on a chain, she might very well think he was some kind of pervert. But now… oh well, it looked good enough for the moment.

“Mr. Fang Zheng? How are things on your end? Is there a problem?”

Just then, Fina’s voice reached him from not too far away, and upon hearing Miss Cleric’s inquiry, Fang Zheng sighed helplessly and turned to reply.

“No problem now, come over here.”

“Really?”

Hearing Fang Zheng’s response, Fina hurried over with a worried expression. Seeing Fang Zheng safe and sound, she let out a sigh of relief, and only then did she turn her attention to Nymph.

“I’m so relieved you’re okay, Mr. Fang Zheng… Is this the otherworldly creature you summoned?”

“Pretty much…”

Faced with Fina’s question, Fang Zheng didn’t quite know how to respond. However, Fina didn’t seem to mind; she ran over to Nymph, eyes wide with curiosity, examining her closely.

“Such a cute child… Hello, my name is Fina, what’s your name?”

“My name is Nymph.”

Confronted with Fina’s enthusiastic greeting, Nymph seemed somewhat unaccustomed and instinctively hid behind Fang Zheng. The girl quietly turned her head to glance at Fang Zheng, and only after noticing no sign of dissatisfaction on his face did she relax and edge closer to him.

“I am TYPE β, an Omnipotent Angel specialized in electronic warfare…”

“Beta?… Electronic what-now… wait, Angel?”

Though Fina didn’t understand a word of what Nymph had said earlier, she definitely grasped the last part about angels. At that, she stared in amazement, her eyes widening; only now did she notice the beautiful, transparent, and colorful shimmering wings behind Nymph.

“Such gorgeous wings, it’s my first time seeing this kind of angel… Mr. Fang Zheng, I truly didn’t expect you could summon an angel!”

Neither did I expect to see this kind of angel.

Fang Zheng was rendered speechless; Nymph had completely cast herself in the role of a slave, giving off an aura that if he didn’t accept her as his servant, she might just die. In his last life, Fang Zheng had seen many web novels, anime, and played numerous games, but he had never encountered such an odd angel.

“So, Nymph…”

Discarding the myriad of thoughts swirling in his head, Fang Zheng coughed and looked back at the little one behind him.

“What can you do?”

“Me?”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s query, Nymph was momentarily startled before hurriedly responding with fear and trepidation.

“I am an Omnipotent Angel for electronic warfare, my master can send me as he wishes, I am willing to do anything…”

“No, that’s not what I mean…”

Now just hearing the phrase “I am willing to do anything” from Nymph was enough to give Fang Zheng a headache. It was only them and Fina for now, which was manageable, but if they went out and Nymph kept uttering that phrase, Fang Zheng feared for his life. He decided that he needed to have a serious talk with Nymph later; at the very least, she should stop saying that line so readily, making it seem as though he was going to harm her.

“What I mean is… look, I’ve only just summoned you, so I’m not too familiar with your capabilities. Could you please introduce them?”

“Ah, of course, there’s no problem.”

Having finally grasped what Fang Zheng meant, Nymph quickly began to explain.

“I can invade and interfere with any object and I also possess search and scanning abilities. I am confident that I can be of help to my master.”

“So you mean… you don’t really have combat abilities?”

“Yes, I’m sorry, master, please don’t…”

“No, that’s not what I meant, I was just asking.”

Seeing Nymph scared and about to kneel again, Fang Zheng had to quickly interrupt and calm her down. It seemed that the little angel was more of a support type, and although support types typically aren’t devoid of combat abilities, expecting significant fighting prowess from them was… well, basically a lost cause.

Yet conversely, Fang Zheng was quite intrigued by Nymph’s ability to “invade and disrupt.”

“Can it manipulate anything?”

“Basically, it’s just that I’m not very good at controlling plants…”

“Hmm…”

Hearing Nymph’s somewhat tremulous answer, Fang Zheng nodded and then led her out of the shadow of the huge rock, pointing toward the forest not far away.

“Do you see that forest?”

“Yes, Master.”

“Now tell me, what can you sense there.”

“Yes.”

Upon receiving Fang Zheng’s command, Nymph nodded and then looked toward the forest.

At that moment, Fang Zheng noticed a change occur in the girl’s blue eyes.

If before, her eyes had seemed no different from those of an ordinary person, now they presented a completely different picture. Nymph’s eyes began to emit a faint blue radiance, and shortly thereafter, a strange aura spun into existence within her eyes, looking as though a focusing lens was adjusting its direction. At the same time, the rainbow-hued wings on Nymph’s back seemed to flicker in resonance with some sort of fluctuation.

“Wide-Area Radar activated… Rank III energy scanning commenced, unidentified energy field detected, analyzing…”

If just a moment ago Nymph had seemed like a weak little girl, now she was expressionless, more reminiscent of a cold machine. It wasn’t long before Fang Zheng saw the blue-haired girl next to him suddenly look up at him.

“Energy field analysis complete, please instruct, Master.”

“Eh? It’s done just like that?”

Startled by Nymph’s response, Fang Zheng was rather taken aback. Although Fina seemed utterly confused and didn’t understand anything Nymph was saying, Fang Zheng could somewhat make sense of it, and it was clear that the “Omnipotent Angel” must be a product of technology. Thus, he was quite skeptical about Nymph’s ability to handle Magic Barriers, and now… she had actually done it?

What happened to the incompatibility of science and magic?

“Well… then, can you stop the Barrier covering the forest from activating without letting the person who released it notice anything amiss?”

“Leave it to me.”

Upon Fang Zheng’s command, Nymph crouched down and stretched out her right hand to touch the ground. Soon after, Fang Zheng and Fina saw a faint glow emerge from Nymph’s palm, spreading along the ground and into the forest.

“………”

There was no sound, at least not that Fang Zheng and Fina could perceive. To them, the forest still appeared the same as before. However, at this point, Nymph had already stood up and spoke to Fang Zheng with a smile.

“Master, I have fully infiltrated the energy field and seized control permissions; the barrier that covers the forest will not be triggered now.” free𝑤ebnovel.com

“Uh… could you please put that in simpler terms…”

“Yes, in other words… the Barriers that cover the forest, which Master refers to as ‘Barriers,’ are now under my control. Therefore, Master can come and go freely without worrying about triggering any form of fluctuations or alarms.”

“What?!”

No sooner had Nymph finished speaking than the astonished Fina beside Fang Zheng widened her eyes in surprise.

“How is that possible?!”

“Is that impressive?”

Looking at Fina’s wide eyes, Fang Zheng asked curiously. The Cleric Maiden, coming back to her senses, nodded vigorously.

“This is truly incredible, Mr. Fang Zheng! You are not a Spellcaster, and you might not know, but every Spellcaster’s released magic has a unique imprint, meaning that these magics can only be controlled by the one who cast them. To forcibly take control of magic from someone else, I have never heard of such a thing!”

“It wasn’t difficult.”

Perhaps because she had helped Fang Zheng, Nymph now wore a smug expression.

“My ability is to infiltrate and interfere with everything, so whether it’s magic or humans, it’s all the same.”

“Holy moly!”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng was dumbfounded. He hadn’t paid much attention when Nymph said she could “infiltrate and interfere with all objects” because she had introduced herself as an “Electronic Warfare Omnipotent Angel,” and Fina might not know what electronic warfare meant, but Fang Zheng, whose soul was from the modern world, certainly understood its essence. At that time, he thought that Nymph’s abilities were probably similar to radar plus an early-warning aircraft with electronic interference—a high-tech existence.

Now, Fang Zheng also understood what Nymph had referred to earlier; if those Barriers were compared to firewalls, then Nymph was like a Hacker who had directly breached the firewall, then seized the permissions and shut down the alarm system, after which she could do as she pleased.

But … this is science, and that’s magic!

This isn’t just high technology anymore, this is outright magical technology!

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