Borrowing the Valkyrie Statue?

It's been centuries since we last met. I hope this guy has really improved. He's a fantasy hero. To be honest, I'm curious how this guy awakened the [Fantasy] combat skill.

I'm even more curious about how this guy became a Heroic Spirit. The conditions for becoming a Heroic Spirit aren't particularly demanding, but they're definitely not simple either.

Those who become heroic spirits are those who are celebrated, whose real names are recorded in history, whose life stories are collected and passed down, and who are sung by bards who recount their stories and achievements.

The person in front of me is an anomaly among heroic spirits. She doesn't know her origins or her true name, and calls herself Queen.

The Flame Queen emerges from the flames that burn away the sins of the world.

Generally speaking, heroic spirits who do not know their true names or origins should be the kind of heroic spirits who possess destiny and can unleash their full power in battle.

As a result, this guy was the mascot among the Heroic Spirits, with the lowest combat power, and no one who had the qualifications to summon Heroic Spirits was willing to summon him.

Even if they appear on the Heroic Spirit Array, they will be ignored by the Heroic Spirit Summoner.

When he summoned the Heroic Spirit for the first time, he was stunned by the background introduction that came with this guy's appearance.

I was born from flames, and I will carry those flames with me to purify time and burn away all the sins and evils of the world.

This impressive background description excited him for a long time, making him feel that he, as a newcomer, was quite popular among the Heroic Spirit Realm in the Heroic Spirit Realm.

After selecting her as his battle spirit, nightmares struck Lance. "Save me!" The key point is that ever since then, whenever he summons a spirit, this girl will appear on time in his Heroic Spirit Array, as if she has truly become his guardian spirit.

Fortunately, he had some fighting ability, so he didn't mind that he had summoned an unusual heroic spirit. It was just that he felt a little embarrassed every time he saw her being beaten and shouting "Lance, save me".

"Have you thought about your background and real name?"

"No."

"Do you remember how you became a Heroic Spirit?"

"Haven't I already answered this question? I was born from the flames that burned away sin and evil, and I was born a Heroic Spirit. As for my past life," the Flame Queen Heroic Spirit pointed to her head, "I have no recollection of anything here."

"Didn't you ask the other heroic spirits in the Hall of Heroes if they knew anything about your deeds in life?"

"I asked, and the friendly Servants said they didn't know, while those who looked down on my weakness wouldn't even speak to me. As for the powerful Servants, I dared not speak to them."

"Find the Heroic Spirit King."

"How could I possibly be worthy to see the Heroic Spirit King?"

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Otherworldly Heroic Spirits.

Three Unsung Heroes.

No background, no real name, no memories of his previous life.

The Flame Queen turned around. She had just seen the Amethyst Dragonling lying in the corner on the Heroic Spirit Array. Lance hadn't summoned her for hundreds of years because he had become Dragon Knight?

Just now Lance summoned a Heroic Spirit, but it wasn't her heroic spirit that was summoned. Instead, it was a Heroic Spirit Sophia. However, it seems that there is no Heroic Spirit Sophia in the Heroic Spirit Realm.

Under normal circumstances, a Heroic Spirit whose true name is called by a Heroic Spirit Summoner, even if unwilling to respond to the summoner's call, will project a wisp of Heroic Spirit power into the Heroic Spirit Array and then leave.

She used her actions to tell the summoner that she was unwilling to answer the call.

The heroic spirit that Lance wanted to summon was not in the Heroic Spirit Realm.

She sensed the aura of Lance's Heroic Spirit Array, which is why she projected herself onto the Heroic Spirit Array to see if it was indeed Lance.

It really was Lance.

They're really good at surviving.

She's lived for hundreds of years, and while other Heroic Spirits have changed summoners one after another, the summoner of her favorite Heroic Spirit is probably thinking every day about how to replace her.

Look, they've even started raising baby dragons just to get rid of her. If Lance were to become Dragon Knight, she probably wouldn't last long before disappearing from the Heroic Spirit Realm.

Speaking of which, in recent centuries, she has occasionally felt a sense of unease, as if she might disappear from the Heroic Spirit Realm at any moment. This is probably related to Lance not summoning her for hundreds of years. When Lance used to summon her, the unease, anxiety, and the feeling of being about to disappear never existed. She hoped that Lance hadn't become Dragon Knight, but was just someone who raised other dragons' offspring. "Lance, your baby dragons... don't bite, right?"

"???"

The young dragon lying in the corner blinked its vertical pupils. This Queen spirit was really weak. It was one thing to be beaten by an evil dragon, but it was actually afraid of a harmless fake young dragon like her.

Judging from her appearance, you can tell she's not wild.

What if she bites someone and the dragon has to give her Rabies Vaccine? Turtle said that Er Gouzi gets Rabies Vaccine every few days. The poor dragon is just like those crazy alchemists in the human world. Some crazy alchemists even dare to modify people.

Such mad alchemists either serve the Empire or become targets of its crackdown.

There is no third way.

"I don't bite."

"You can talk? How cute."

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It's quite amazing that baby dragons can talk.

The heroic spirit summoned by the evil dragon doesn't seem very strong; even she, a young dragon, is afraid of it.

During the battle, it felt like the dragon was protecting her, not the other way around.

Under normal circumstances, the heroic spirits protect the summoner.

Okay, aside from the legendary powerful heroic spirits and hero spirits who don't need the dragon's protection, every single other heroic spirit is protected by the dragon.

The heroic spirits summoned by the evil dragon are both fortunate and unfortunate. Lance walked to the study, beckoned to the portrait of Sophia hanging in the study, and brought the portrait to the heroic Flame Queen: "In all the years you've been in the Hall of Heroes, have you ever encountered a heroic spirit that looks a lot like this girl?"

"Never seen her before. She shouldn't be a Heroic Spirit. If she were, when you summoned her, some of her power would have been projected onto your Heroic Spirit Array. The lack of projection means there's no such Heroic Spirit in the Heroic Spirit Realm. Lance, are you saying I'm weak? Let me tell you, I've really become stronger in the last few hundred years. I even master a kind of flame, incredibly powerful—it can burn a hole in rocks. It's just that I can only use it periodically. Each time I use it, I'm weakened for a long time. Some of my Heroic Spirit friends warned me not to use this ability, saying it's bad for me if I use it too much. But if you're in mortal danger, even if it's bad for me, I'll use this flame to protect you. After all, you're the only summoner willing to summon me, the only one willing to protect me."

Fearing that Lance might truly despise her, the Flame Queen hurriedly told the dragon about the changes she had undergone over the past few hundred years.

"If you don't believe me, summon me during the battle tomorrow, and I will definitely not let you down."

"Whether you're weak or strong, it's all the same to me. Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Every time I summon a Heroic Spirit, you respond, and I haven't complained about you, have I?"

Why is the Flame Queen, under pressure? He never looked down on this guy; he was genuinely angry at his lack of ambition.

Fantasy Heroic Spirits—such a unique combat skill! Think about it carefully; it's sure to be more than just a cool three seconds in battle.

"Real?"

"Um."

"Then tomorrow I will definitely show you a completely different me."

"Alright, alright, it's getting late. Let's go back to the Hall of Heroes. I'll summon you tomorrow."

"Hmm." The Flame Queen's figure began to transform into golden light and shadow. "By the way, Lance, you wouldn't be secretly becoming Dragon Knight behind my back, would you?"

"You can really think outside the box. What's the point of being Dragon Knight? There are things that are more interesting than being Dragon Knight."

"You just don't have to be Dragon Knight."

The Flame Queen happily returned to the Hall of Heroes.

Lance transformed back into a black dragon, hung Sophia's portrait back in his study, returned to his sleeping quarters, and lay down to ponder the relationship between Sophia and the Valkyrie.

"If the beautiful Elder Sister Sophia isn't a Heroic Spirit, then she must have gone to heaven, and maybe she's been reincarnated into a wealthy family. Lance, maybe we should give up."

"Give up? She still owes me 132 gold coins. If I hadn't seen the Valkyrie's statue, I would have let it go. But since I have, it must be fate. Fate is making Sophia pay her debt."

"Then we can't find Sophia, right? Do you have any connections in Heaven?"

"Solomon has gone to Heaven. When he returns, he'll know whether Sophia is in Heaven or has been reincarnated. If she hasn't gone to Heaven, then we might have to borrow the statues from the Valkyrie Temple in Lionheart City."

Can I borrow... a statue of a deity?