[Madoka: "?"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "?"]
[Kanae: "?"]
[Erica: "?"]
[Madoka: "What happened? Why did the opponent suddenly collapse to the ground?"]
[Kanae: "Same question. What did Ryuga-sama just do? Rin, did you see clearly?"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "No, I didn't see anything."]
[Tohsaka Rin: "Could it be that the speed was too fast? Erica, did you see anything?"]
Faced with this incomprehensible scene, everyone was stunned.
No matter how they thought about it, they couldn't understand how this battle had ended.
Even though Ryuga had previously defeated the Divine Beast Boar in an instant, at least there were basic attack movements then, allowing them to guess at Ryuga's method of victory.
But now, they saw nothing at all.
Tohsaka Rin suspected that Ryuga had used godspeed techniques, so fast that they couldn't form an impression in human eyes before the battle was already over.
If that were the case, Erica, who was now at the peak of the second tier, should have been able to catch some movement, right?
However, faced with everyone's inquiries, Erica also shook her head with a bewildered expression.
[Erica: "No, I didn't see anything either."]
As she spoke, she incredulously took a step forward to observe Doni's condition.
[Erica: "No injuries whatsoever. Apart from being powerless, there are no traces of combat."]
After summarizing this information, she reached an extremely incredible conclusion.
[Erica: "Could it be that Ryuga-sama actually didn't attack?"]
Such a conclusion was obviously too difficult to understand.
[Madoka: "If he didn't attack, how could he still defeat the enemy?"]
[Kanae: "I don't understand, completely don't understand."]
This level of battle was far beyond their worldview.
Not just them—even the Sword King himself couldn't understand it at all.
"What's going on? What did you just do?"
Unable to stand up, he simply sat cross-legged on the ground, then looked at Ryuga with bewilderment and disbelief.
Not only the girls in the chat group, even Doni himself didn't understand why he had inexplicably been defeated.
Clearly, the cursed power in his body was still there, but it just wouldn't obey commands, and even his Authorities had fallen asleep.
"I just tried out mythical techniques a little."
Facing the defeated Sword King, Ryuga was quite patient, casually answering his question.
As for whether the other party could understand, that wasn't his concern.
"Mythical techniques... what are those?"
As expected, Doni, being a magic idiot, was completely confused.
Only the members of the chat group had some impression.
[Tohsaka Rin: "I think I've heard this name before..."]
[Tohsaka Rin: "Right! When Ryuga-sama returned from the Netherworld, he seemed to have released related products."]
[Tohsaka Rin: "Found it! 'Fundamentals of Mythical Technique Construction,' price... one million?!"]
Seeing this price, she was shocked again.
Truly worthy of something produced by Ryuga-sama—its preciousness always exceeded ordinary imagination.
[Madoka: "Is this another new power developed by Ryuga-nii?"]
[Kanae: "Suddenly it makes sense."]
[Madoka: "But I'm still curious why it's so powerful?"]
Faced with everyone's questions, whether Doni's or Madoka's, Ryuga didn't mind explaining.
After all, to him, this knowledge was just basic problems he had already overcome, nothing significant.
Far from being possessive of his knowledge, if someone could truly understand this knowledge and apply it, he would be even happier, because it would mean someone could keep up with his thinking and become a qualified assistant.
Knowledge should circulate and be shared—the meaning behind this statement is actually that when knowledge circulates and is shared to the maximum extent, it can spark more creativity and unleash greater efficiency and productivity.
"Mythical techniques are special techniques that use Divine Authority as the core, based on mythological foundations, with power generally exceeding equivalent conceptual spiritual equipment techniques."
"The core principle is actually very simple—it's merely utilizing the natural enhancement gained when driving related techniques with Divine Authority."
Ryuga summarized concisely.
For example, the technique [Hermes' Boots] that Erica currently uses can at most reach sanctuary-level effects, and even with Campione-level cursed power, it cannot break through this limitation.
But if Erica became a Campione and happened to slay Hermes himself, possessing his Divine Authority...
Then, even if the Divine Authority she usurped only related to deception and had nothing to do with the concept of "patron god of travelers," she could easily elevate the [Hermes' Boots] technique to divine realm level.
The reason is simple: without Divine Authority, she needs to draw power from the mythological foundation to use this technique.
With Divine Authority, she's different—she can directly draw power from her own Divine Authority.
Without a middleman taking a cut, the technique's power naturally differs greatly.
"The fundamental difference between mythical techniques and conceptual spiritual equipment techniques is actually just in the driving force of Divine Authority."
Ryuga shook his head, obviously not thinking there was much worth discussing about this technique.
After understanding the underlying principles, one only needs to detect the boundary range of Divine Authority's influence to be able to use existing Divine Authority to upgrade original conceptual spiritual equipment to conceptual divine equipment, or mythical techniques.
This time, Ryuga's explanation was quite accessible.
Although Madoka and Kanae were still somewhat confused, both Erica and Tohsaka Rin understood about seventy to eighty percent.
Though not thoroughly, they roughly grasped the underlying principles.
In the Type-Moon world, the twin-tailed young girl shook her head and showed a look of realization.
[Tohsaka Rin: "No wonder this 'Fundamentals of Mythical Technique Construction' only costs ten thousand more than the 'Conceptual Spiritual Equipment Construction Guide.'"]
Looking at it alone, a price of one million might seem like a lot, but compared to conceptual spiritual equipment, the problem quickly becomes apparent.
Mythical techniques could be said to be a complete upgrade of conceptual spiritual equipment. If they were truly superior replacements, the price should be at least 9.99 million.
[Tohsaka Rin: "If I'm not mistaken, mythical techniques can currently only be used by special existences like deities and Campione, right? Others can't use them?"]
Seeing this speculation, Ryuga nodded approvingly.
[Ryuga: "Correct. Currently, this technique can temporarily only weave corresponding mythical techniques under the premise of possessing Divine Authority."]
[Ryuga: "Unless the problem of weaving Divine Authority can be solved, it's impossible to lower this technique's universality to the level of conceptual spiritual equipment."]
Conceptual spiritual equipment is a technique anyone can learn immediately, but mythical techniques can't reach this level—at best, they can only enhance Divine Authority holders' mastery of their own power.
Even for Ryuga now, Divine Authority remains a black box containing no small secrets.
Hearing Ryuga's statement, others might think Ryuga was just being modest, but Tohsaka Rin caught a shocking possibility from Ryuga's tone.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Temporarily?"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "Though I think it's unlikely, I still want to ask."]
[Tohsaka Rin: "Ryuga-sama, you're not actually planning to research methods for weaving Divine Authority from nothing, are you? This would be equivalent to creating deities from nothing!"]
The prestige of slaying gods was already exaggerated enough, and what's more exaggerated than that is creating deities.
The former merely borrows divine power, while the latter is the creator of deities—the two absolutely cannot be compared.
Hearing Tohsaka Rin's question, the others in the group were also stunned.
They had never even considered this possibility. Deities—are such existences something humans can create?
No matter how powerful Ryuga is, isn't this idea a bit too crazy?
However, faced with this question, Ryuga just calmly shook his head.
[Ryuga: "Weaving Divine Authority is not the same as creating deities from nothing."]
[Ryuga: "But even so, what if we create deities from nothing?"]
[Ryuga: "Deities are born from mythology, mythology is born from humans—from the very beginning, humans have had the ability to create deities."]
[Ryuga: "Since the basic principles are feasible, what remains is only the question of achieving the means."]
After reading Ryuga's words, everyone in the group was shocked again.
Clearly such a crazy idea—why did it become irrefutable when he said it?
Things they dared not even imagine seemed like inevitably successful paths in Ryuga's eyes.
[Tohsaka Rin: "This is the worldview of a big shot... truly worthy of you!"]
[Kanae: "Though I didn't understand much, I roughly get it—in short, Ryuga-sama is incredibly amazing!"]
[Erica: "A refined summary."]
To be continued…