[Agra is watching you.]
This phrase, which I had seen countless tis since borrowing Lucy's body, had always threatened my life.
It left with nurous traumas.
If it had been another ti, I would have bitten my lips upon seeing it.
I would have desperately racked my brain, blaming the incompetent deity for my situation.
I would have been contemplating how to fight for survival.
But not now. I felt confident that no matter what variables arose, I would remain unscathed, allowing to confront Karia’s emotionless gaze.
Hey, you petty evil deity. Were you in a rush?
This party would return to full strength, and you attempted to ambush us because you felt you couldn’t win.
Right?
You set up this situation, hoping to take us down sohow?
But what do you think will happen now?
With such minor variables, you won’t be able to topple this party!
Ha! But then again, being sealed away by that incompetent deity must have made you feel like a total failure, huh?
“Long ti no see! Karia! How have you been?!”
Despite Benedict’s booming voice echoing through the corridor, Karia did not respond.
She rely glared at with her cold eyes.
Her intent was clear.
She was not aiming for victory. Her goal was to capture and kill , the Apostle of Armadi.
Ah, so since you couldn’t win, you thought you’d at least get so satisfaction by tornting that incompetent deity, huh?
Tch. This is just pathetic enough to be laughable.
Why are all these deities so utterly useless?
If you’re going to bear the title of a god, shouldn’t you at least show sothing impressive?
Not that it’s possible, of course. How foolish.
“Let’s proceed as planned.”
It was Johann who announced the start of the battle.
The mont he placed his hands on the cross, a massive wave of divinity spread through the corridor, threatening to engulf it.
The warmth of Armadi’s divinity replaced the heat of nestale, creating a sanctified area.
A place where the divine dwells.
One of the highest forms of divine magic—a field that debuffs evil beings while buffing our party simultaneously.
Seeing this, Karia seed to sense sothing strange and hurriedly attempted to retreat, but it was already too late.
During that ti, Count Georg had cast his magic.
Like a conductor standing in the center of an orchestra, his hand moved, summoning dozens of magical circles around him.
Different shapes, different colors, and different flows of magical energy.
To soone unfamiliar with magic, even one of these would be beyond their control—high-level spells.
Haha. Just like those monts when users couldn’t help but curse.
The beginning was a prison made of magic.
Walls appeared without warning, enclosing Karia.
However, they couldn’t withstand her power.
In less than a second, Karia shattered the wall with her dagger.
But Count Georg’s magic didn’t end there.
The ground, boiling like lava, suddenly froze, capturing Karia’s feet.
Unfazed, she broke the ice and leaped upwards, but by then, another spell from Count Georg had already reached her.
Ropes that drained her magical energy.
Vines that grew endlessly, pursuing her.
Cursed fog.
As Karia assessed him with her gaze, she subtly lowered her dagger.
With that, her divine form disappeared.
If she couldn’t parry it, she would evade.
Simultaneously, she would launch her own attack.
A choice only possible for soone with Karia’s incredible speed.
However, the figure blocking my path, Benedict, was not soone to be underestimated.
As Benedict thrust his fist into the air, Karia appeared before it as if it were tid perfectly.
In an instant, Karia, struck by Benedict, flew like a bullet and crashed into the wall made of divinity.
Though it looked like an ordinary wall, its essence was extrely compressed divinity itself.
To the Apostle of an evil deity, it was like the flas of hell.
“Guh!”
As Karia hit the wall, smoke billowed from her body.
Desperately trying to escape the pain, she gripped her dagger with a reverse hold.
Her gaze was directed behind .
To where Johann, now chanting a purification prayer, stood.
Excuse . Boss, could you not draw aggro right now?
“Are you finally looking up after being unable to deal with that old maid? ♡ Oh, but there’s an old man up there, too. No way he would notice soone like you! ♡”
Your target is only , you know?
That would make it easier to predict her movents.
As Karia’s divine form faded, an iron wall announced the danger.
However, I did not move.
Before , Benedict’s hand moved first.
As he spread his palm, Karia’s face seed to be sucked in as if she were being forced into it.
“You’ve been slacking on your training! You’ve slowed down!”
As Benedict exerted pressure with his hand, a sound erupted that should never have been heard from a human body.
That was when it happened.
Flas erupted from the center of Karia’s chest, transforming her body into fire.
One of the powers held by the evil deity of fire.
The mont Karia, who had beco sothing you couldn’t hold with your hands, slipped from Benedict’s grasp, the vines that had been lying on the ground ensnared her legs as if they were waiting for that mont.
Normally, a plant like a vine would turn to ash upon encountering Karia, but it grew at a speed faster than it burned, preventing her movent.
Following that, the rope made of magical energy bound her arms and neck, immobilizing her.
And before her stood Benedict, charging his fist.
“Bite down hard. So you don’t die.”
The magical energy flowing within Benedict converged in his fist.
It wasn’t his full power.
But even if it was rely a portion of that colossal magical energy, would it be insignificant?
As Benedict swung his fist, the magic exploded, declaring its presence.
With a deafening roar that rang in my ears, the entire dungeon trembled.
‘...Grandpa. Karia will be okay, right?’
As the old man said, it was I who devised this strategy.
The mont I t Karia, I trapped her in the place where the divine dwells.
Then captured her with the Count’s magic.
And subdued her with Benedict’s physical strength.
If Karia’s pattern was simply a reinforced version from the ga, I thought this would be the best approach, so I distributed roles and instructed them on how to respond to her movents.
As a result, we successfully subdued Karia with ease, but...
‘No matter how resilient Karia is, I don’t think she can withstand that punch.’
Benedict’s strength was far greater than I had anticipated.
It seed like she was still alive...
I hope she’s okay? I hope it’s not one of those vegetable endings.
Even in the world of Soul Academy, there would be ways to deal with such situations.
‘Got it.’
“The deity still loves those who have strayed. Divine grace will surely touch you.”
As Bishop Johann finished his prayer, the divinity he had spread to unfold “the place where the divine dwells” gathered around Karia.
This was different from the purification prayer Faybi had invoked.
Instead of gently governing the dead, it was a magic that erased corruption.
“Grrraaaah!”
As black smoke rose from Karia’s body, a scream erupted.
The voice carried such pain that I could feel goosebumps rising just by hearing it.
The purification in reality was different from that in the ga.
It was only natural.
Erasing corruption could not be sothing that passed lightly, as if it were just a cutscene.
I need to snap back to reality. I can’t just sit here.
While Johann purifies her, I need to prepare for the conclusion.
To completely eliminate the influence of the evil deity from her body.
[Agra is watching you.] [Agra is glaring at the cursed Apostle of the deity.] [Agra wishes for your death.]
...Huh?
As the old man’s sudden exclamation sounded, the ground trembled.
This was different from the shock caused by Benedict’s fist just monts ago.
It felt as if sothing massive was stirring beneath the earth.
“Lucy!”
Was it instinct that warned him of danger?
Benedict rushed in and embraced .
Johann had sohow stopped the purification prayer and was casting divine magic for protection,
While Count Georg was preparing dozens of magical circles to respond to any unforeseen events.
That was when it happened.
The ground split open, and heat surged from between the cracks.
This was not sothing that could be simply described as warm or hot.
The overwhelming flas seed capable of turning my entire body to ash the mont I touched them.
No one had to tell ; I knew what those flas were.
I couldn’t help but know.
There were only two entities in this world that could command such flas.
If we were in this dungeon, there would only be one.
{You, who are loved by Armadi, deserving of death! How long did you think this Bahda would remain asleep?!}
With a voice echoing throughout the dungeon, the ground crumbled beneath us.
As I fell, still cradled in Benedict’s arms, I looked down.
From the slightly cracked red wall, white flas seeped out.
Even if it wasn’t perfect, the presence was dominating the space.
The sticky, unpleasant smile directed at .
The empty black eyes.
Bahda.
The evil deity of fire.
He had broken his seal and partially manifested.
Thinking back, it made sense.
Agra may be petty, but he doesn’t hide himself.
Whenever he intends to do sothing, he always announces his na.
As if to encourage others to bla him.
Yet in this dungeon, he had always remained quiet. Still, I had experienced several things.
In the past, I thought that Agra had changed his thod, but that was not the case.
It was a simple story.
The entity targeting had changed, so the thod had changed as well.
I understood.
Why that incompetent deity ntioned nestale before the first sester had even ended.
Why he had brought up this matter now, even though there was still more ti left.
The one attacking the seal in this place was Karia.
Since she had beco stronger, it was only natural that the seal would break faster than it did in the ga.
Armadi was genuinely in a hurry to call to this place.
Ha. Damn it. You pathetic deity.
You should explain things properly. Damn it.
You, who could talk so smoothly when mocking , why do you choose to be tight-lipped in situations like this?!
Isn’t it supposed to be the opposite?! Huh?!
Ding.
What now!
What are you trying to convey at this mont?!
[Such a constraint exists.]
...Huh?
What?!
Hey! You pathetic deity!
What does that even an?!
[The quest is changing!] [The Savior of nestale] [Due to Agra's hatred, part of the seal existing in nestale has been released! You must seal him again! To survive! To protect nestale!] [Reward: Miracle Reproduction (Advance Paynt), ???] [Miracle Reproduction is activating! Searching for the nearest miracle!] [Discovered! The miracle contained in Ruel’s mace, “All evil retreats beneath that holiness,” is activating!] [Seal the evil deity!]
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