The Battle Queen Came Back with Her Husbands (Joanna) novel Chapter 263

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Chapter 263 Comprehending The Modifier

Chapter 263 Comprehending The Modifier

Just like researching skills, modifiers could be researched too.

If Joanna wanted to do it, she’d do it.

Joanna shifted her approach. Instead of forcing Helen free from the ground, she focused on understanding it.

“Comprehension” wasn’t an attribute shown on the status panel.

But Joanna had always felt hers was solid.

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Back in her first year of high school, even after changing class to Summoner, her combat style was still that of a swordsman. She’d even taught herself off–tank techniques. She picked up martial skills quickly, and her comprehension was strong.

Every skill upgrade had gone smoothly. She only later learned that for most people, advancing from S- rank to SS–rank could take an extremely long time.

For her, it had always been natural.

Now she even possessed Mythic–level skills.

Understanding a modifier at this point wasn’t Hard–tier.

“Queen, I’m helping too. I’ve grasped the petrification modifier as well.” Lucien’s voice rang out through the soul contract.

“Don’t worry. Joanna, we’re all here,” Nighthowl and Alwyn followed up.

Troy went quiet for a moment.

“Do you want me to cancel Fusion?”

He was immune to spells, after all.

“No need. Modifiers aren’t the same as spells.”

“Really?”

Troy focused his perception on the petrification effect. Suddenly, it felt familiar. This petrification was very similar to his anti–magic physique.

Both were forms of restraint.

If that was the case, then maybe he could understand it too.

Very soon, Joanna felt her Space Alliance System flash with alerts.

“You have comprehended modifier: Petrify (Dark Gold–tier).

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“Your contracted beast, Troy, has comprehended modifier: Petrify (Dark Gold–tier). You receive feedback and obtain a modifier: Petrify (Gold–tier).

“Your contracted beast, Lucien, has comprehended modifier: Petrify (Dark Gold–tier). You receive feedback and obtain a modifier: Petrify (Gold–tier).”

After that, Nighthowl also comprehended it quickly. Only Alwyn struggled, likely because his attributes weren’t compatible with the modifier.

Troy was the fastest of them all.

And as more of them comprehended the modifiers, the speed kept increasing.

The petrification modifier embedded in the ground was steadily absorbed.

Through feedback, Joanna’s modifier level rose from Dark Gold–tier to Diamond–tier.

Several hours passed, and Joanna had to cancel the Symbiotic Fusion.

With Hastor nearby, she was completely safe. And as the Evil God’s mark flared, without any guidance from the pioneer team, countless giant pythons threw themselves at Joanna.

“Alwyn, go help hunt the giant pythons. The rest of you keep comprehending.”

“Got it.” Alwyn nodded and flew out of Hastor’s range, launching into combat.

Even without Fusion, Joanna’s comprehension didn’t slow.

She continued absorbing the petrified state.

With giant pythons swarming the area, the other professionals didn’t even notice the petrified ground slowly disappearing.

The Serpent Pit pioneer team.

Those idle professionals could only hide at a distance.

“So now we don’t even need to do anything. This is easier.”

“Easier? The one who went in is the student of that Divine and Demonic Academy Summoner professor. If she really saves her professor, we’ll be dealing with these giant pythons ourselves from now on.”

“A Level 90 pastor couldn’t do anything. What can a Level 30 do?”

“Is it that they couldn’t, or that they didn’t want to? How do you know what the higher–ups are thinking?”

Joanna didn’t know what the higher–ups were thinking either. Letting her professor remain here, wasting that kind of combat power, made no sense.

She didn’t believe they couldn’t find even one person who could handle a petrification modifier in the entire Alliance.

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So Joanna had a growing suspicion. An invisible hand was targeting Helen.

She asked Hastor, but Hastor knew nothing. He didn’t remember ants.

Even if Joanna was Helen’s student, to him, she was just the little cake girl.

That was a difference in cognition.

Even if Hastor took human form, he wasn’t human.

Thankfully, standing beside Helen, Joanna had another idea.

“Dream Invasion.”

It was a Mythic–level modifier.

But Helen’s spirit was too strong. For Dream Invasion to work, Helen had to be asleep.

She tried several times, but all failed.

Even petrified, a Mythic–level Summoner could keep her consciousness awake.

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Joanna could only say helplessly, “Professor Carpenter, can you hear me? Try to fall asleep for a bit. I can use Dream Invasion to talk to you. I need to know some things.”

Another half hour passed.

Joanna finally broke through.

Helen’s spirit was powerful, so the dream was shaped by Helen’s own consciousness. Joanna found herself in a gray world, staring at an enormous petrified statue.

That statue was Helen.

Even her soul had been petrified.

Still, the statue could move. At least its mouth could.

“I’ve failed as a professor,” Helen said. “To think a Level 30 apprentice has to come save my life.”

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