## Chapter 987 – Ancient Valkyrie

Startled, I grabbed my arm and jumped high.

ㅡBoing!

The inhuman power boiling within me was still palpable. Was it because, thanks to Vügal, all my powers were constantly being restored to their peak?

Even if that were true, this recovery was clearly abnormal!!!!

This isn’t normal!!!

“KIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!”

Having jumped high, I spun like a drill missile, traversing the spaces between the trees like Tarzan. Yet, the screams wouldn’t stop…! What on earth was happening to my body!!!

ㅡWhirr!!!

“Why is my arm healed!!!!”

I landed like a meteor, spreading my arms wide and questioning the world, but as expected, there was no answer. Anyway, after signaling my women, who were somewhere nearby, I calmed myself down.

Since I didn’t know where I was, I had to make a loud noise to let them know my location.

ㅡThud.

After confirming my safety, I leaned against a tree and sat down.

“My arm…!!!”

I stroked my forearm once more.

There was no doubt that it was completely healed. All I felt was astonishment and shock. Why was it okay? I wondered if it was some kind of illusion, but I knew my own body best. There were no wounds, no side effects, nothing. It had been cleanly normalized without any damage.

ㅡClench.

I clenched my fist tightly.

“REHEEEEEENG!!!!!”

My fist worked perfectly as well.

Clearly, my fist had been wrecked when I blocked the Valkyrie’s sword strike with an uppercut. In that state, I had repeatedly slammed the Heavenly Demon Shattering Strike into her chest.

It couldn’t possibly be in a normal state.

It should have been shattered.

ㅡExcruciating.

Above all, it had been incredibly painful at the time.

But I thought I would win anyway, and I figured that if I got treated by the paladins waiting on the other side as soon as the battle ended, I could recover completely. So I didn’t worry about the pain or the damage to my body and acted accordingly.

The same went for my arm.

It would have been very troublesome if it had been severed, but I could still reattach it. In the first place, I didn’t think it would be severed. If she could coat her sword with sword aura, she could do the same to her arm.

My protective aura was strong enough to resist the angel’s attack. In fact, the Valkyrie’s blade, which cut through my muscles, was only half-embedded in my bone.

But there wasn’t even a scar left.

There was no pain at all.

It was so strange.

“…”

Let’s think calmly.
I need to understand the situation properly.

There are two things I can think of.

First. When I slammed the Heavenly Demon Shattering Strike into the Valkyrie’s chest, her divine blood splattered violently. It was truly a concentration of divine energy. I had been completely drenched in it.

So, I plunged my arm into the Valkyrie’s chest, and my arm was soaked in that brilliant blood… and it might have been completely healed.

This was a highly plausible hypothesis.

Religious people also use “healing” on the same principle to heal the injured. It is very reasonable to think that the energy of the Valkyrie, the embodiment of divine power, permeated my body and healed it.

Isn’t that right?

It was my left arm that was injured, and it was my left arm that beat up the Valkyrie. And it was my left arm that was healed. The wound was healed by the divine power contained in the Valkyrie’s blood. Maybe that’s the reason.

And the second possibility.

When the Valkyrie disappeared.

I clearly remember that something like her spirit remained. It hovered in the air for a moment, then flew towards me like an arrow and unleashed a huge flash, shooting a condensed beam of light into my solar plexus.

ㅡSwish.

I touched my solar plexus.

As expected, there were no wounds or pain.

Maybe… was the power of the Valkyrie, who had lost her body, absorbed into me? I don’t know anything about this, and I have no knowledge of it. It is too far-fetched to assume that the divine power of the Valkyrie, who lost her god and body, could flow elsewhere.

But to make another hypothesis, it is also possible that a kind of divine energy that flowed in at that time healed my body.

I was so caught up in the joy of victory and so busy falling that I couldn’t figure out exactly when my arm was healed.

First, I examined the energy in my body as if I were meditating.

ㅡ…

The boiling power was my extremely pure mana.

Divine power… yes. Let’s look for something similar to divine power. If the Valkyrie’s power was absorbed, there must be something similar left.

But.

There was nothing.

Was I mistaken?

Or was it all used up to heal my wounds? If so, I’ll recover if I get some rest for a few days. Maybe I’ll be able to confirm the truth about this then.

You know, the stronger you get, the less effective healing is. Paladins don’t have that penalty, but the stronger you are, the less efficient healing is than ordinary people.

So maybe it used all its power to heal my arm.

…No.

That might not be it.

In order to confirm this unknown power that I am encountering for the first time, I need to examine my inner self through a more proper meditation. But I can’t do that right now. I have to go home to do that.

Anyway.

“I dunno.”

I don’t know for now.

Whatever it is, I can only check it after I’ve completely recovered my body condition and returned home.

Having thought that far, I stood up.

ㅡThump thump thump thump!!!

Because I heard the sound of someone running from over there.

It was Karin and Liztina. And Claudia was running over.

“Katt!!!”
“Oh! Claudia!!! Over here!!”

ㅡBoing!!

Claudia, who had been running from over there, jumped a long distance and hugged me with her arms and legs.

“Are you okay? Huh? What about the Valkyrie?”

Claudia, who was hugging me, grabbed my face and asked me those questions.

“Valkyrie! What did you do with the Valkyrie!!”
“I went too far away, so I couldn’t check at the end!!”

Karin and Liztina also ran over.

I looked at them for a while.

“I killed her.”

I declared proudly.

“I finished her off.”
“…!”

The Valkyrie was defeated and destroyed by this Heavenly Demon Kim Katt.

“I defeated the Valkyrie!!!!”

I shouted bravely while holding Claudia.

“Haa… that’s a relief. Yes. I knew it. If it’s you, Katt, you can do it.”
“It was so hard, really.”

Then, as if relieved, Karin and Liztina stroked their chests.

“Katt. Your body? Huh? How’s your body? Are you okay?”
“I’m in perfect condition. I’m fine, so you don’t have to worry at all.”

Right now, my body was as good as new, just like when I first started fighting. I don’t know about anything else, but Vügal really did a great job. If it had been any other sword than Vügal, my energy would have been drained and I would have been finished.

ㅡChuckles!

For some reason, I thought I could hear his laughter.

The Valkyrie’s energy was almost infinite, but the output was not infinite. Therefore, it was my victory because I was supplied with similar energy using Vügal.

Because my output is stronger.

“As expected of Katt. Really… you did as well as I believed.”
“Hehehe, Claudia’s backstab at the end was a big help too. That kid couldn’t recover from that wound. So it was easier.”

In the meantime, Karin and Liztina had been beating her up, and Claudia had dealt a fatal blow by backstabbing her as if she were finishing her off. This significantly limited the output of the Valkyrie, who had regained her reason.

As much as we prepared, there are many factors for victory.

“The sisters also worked really hard. They beat her up really hard from the beginning, so we barely caught her.”
“Haa… it was hard.”

Liztina seemed quite refreshed. Fortunately, there didn’t seem to be anything out of place.

“But what about the loot?”

Damn it, but there’s no loot left.

“There’s nothing material left, damn it.”
“Something material? Then does that mean something immaterial is left? Did you gain some kind of enlightenment?”

Karin retorted.

Yes, there was no material loot, but… I gained something immaterial.

That’s for sure.

“I’ll tell you after I’ve sorted out my thoughts. I haven’t sorted out how to express it yet.”
“Hoo? So you finally got something? Yes. Of course you should. He was a really strong guy.”

Let’s tell them about the healed wound after I’ve sorted it out.

“But sisters. When the Valkyrie used that divine spell, you flew away, right?”

I decided to tell them this first.

“Ah… that’s a little embarrassing. I cut it off perfectly…”
“That explosive power? I couldn’t resist it at all.”

The two sisters seemed to be feeling embarrassed. They were blushing and avoiding eye contact.

“But what about you, Katt? Why were you okay?”
“That.”

I put Claudia down and continued.

“Vügal blocked it. That’s why I didn’t fly away. I guess it’s because he’s from a demon sword. That guy has the power to block divine spells. He even absorbed it and restored my power.”

I calmly told them the truth.

“Vügal had that effect?”
“Yeah. I felt it properly this time.”
“That’s so amazing.”

Claudia and Karin nodded in admiration.

“Is that so? But where did Vügal go?”

That’s right, damn it.

“I dropped him while fighting.”
“Oh my!”
“It’s okay. I can ask Ari.”

This is a forest. If it’s a forest, I can find it as soon as I ask Ari. All the plants nearby will help me find the lost item according to Ari’s will.

“Anyway, we won without much damage. No matter how much of a Valkyrie she is, she’ll die if we catch her.”

I did some stretching.

I felt very refreshed. We ganged up on her, but we defeated the ancient Valkyrie. This is a very great achievement.

“She was a really tricky opponent.”

Karin also turned her neck.

“After our husband flew away earlier, huh? I was so busy moving the mages, damn it.”
“Yes. I kept moving the mages’ positions and replenishing the potion bags. This time, I just ran around and worked.”

As expected, they had been constantly moving the mages to support the aerial battle. That’s why even when I flew away, a foothold was created right away.

“We really won thanks to that. And the mages worked really hard too.”
“Yeah. Those guys all fainted while bleeding from their noses.”

That much.

“So from the middle, our witch and Hilde copied the foothold magic? Something like that and helped. They kept doing that since the sisters flew away.”
“What? That?”

Wow, damn it.

As expected of Risha.
Hilde seemed to have received Risha’s assistance.

“Anyway, really. Our teamwork and the support from below were all perfect. That’s why we won, damn it. If we didn’t have the foothold in the beginning, we wouldn’t have been able to fight at all.”
“Yeah. That’s right.”

Claudia buried her face in my neck.

“But in the end, Katt killed her. That’s the biggest thing.”
“I can’t deny that either.”

Strictly speaking, I was the one who dealt the final blow.

But we were able to catch her because we all raided her. How can you catch her alone?

“Hey. But isn’t this a really big deal? The scale of the personnel involved is huge.”
“Certainly. If we do well, the royal family might give us a reward? They might give us a title.”
“Oh.”

A title?

“Thinking about it that way, it’s definitely a big deal.”

Noble Kim Katt.

I don’t really like this class, but if it becomes useful in my future life, I’m willing to accept it. It’s not like I’m going to get it and cause trouble while saying, “You damn commoners!!!”

“Let’s rest and think about those things later. Let’s go for now.”

They nodded at my words.

“Claudia. Are you okay with using your strength?”
“Yeah. I have no problem running.”
“That’s a relief. Anyway, thanks for your hard work.”

So I walked through the forest path with them.

“Ah, but. Katt, you…”
“Hmm? Why?”
“Your hair is a little messed up. We’ll have to fix it when we get back.”
“My hair?”

I immediately grabbed my hair. It’s true that it was quite damaged while fighting. The ends were cut off in chunks.

“Katt. Let’s fix your hair when we get back? Karin? Can you do it?”
“Leave it to me. I’ll cut it properly.”
“Hehehe, I don’t have to worry if I have Karin.”

Anyway, let’s go.