Chapter 557 – Purification (2)

As soon as he encountered Lulucia’s purifying power for the first time, he was so struck by such incredible emotions that he was at a loss for words.

I tried to understand, wondering if all purification abilities were like that, but the guild union employee next to me who saw her actions couldn’t hide his surprised expression.

The sight of her purifying the deadly poison that touched her body with clear water was enough to remind me of a saint from some religion.

“… “How did you do it?”

Although Lulucia herself was still a mystery, her power that I witnessed right in front of her was even more surprising.

As soon as she saw the saint’s abilities, she suddenly asked, “How did she do it?”

“It’s a simple principle!”

“Yes?”

“If you focus your senses on your entire body and surround it with divine power, you can make everything that touches your body clean!”

“… Yes?”

“Really, if you can use purification, anyone can do it!”

… I still couldn’t understand what was being said just by listening. Is it really something like that that can be purified?

Isn’t purification the practice of shouting holy spells into stagnant water, polluted land, or cursed objects and spitting them out?

However, after seeing the miracle that Lulucia created before her eyes, it became difficult for her to deny her methods.

While she was wondering what to do, the saint came towards me and held her hands together.

“Now~! Taekyung, please try it too~!”

“… “Can I do it too?”

“Yes~! Under the guidance of light, we are all sisters born with the same grace!”

If I were to be honest, I was a brother, not a sister. I was able to confirm that the unidentified mask was still working well.

Just by wrapping your body in divine power and soaking your feet, you can change the polluted water that touches your body into clear water. It’s not a miracle, it’s just an awakening ability.

To be honest, I really wanted to try it.

I witnessed the miracle of purifying water just by dipping my feet in front of my eyes, and even though I was told how something like this could be done, I couldn’t ignore it.

“Taekyung~! You asked that question in the car earlier, right~? “About how to use purification properly!”

As if Lulucia had read my mind, she grabbed my arm and actively led me to another pool of poison.

This time she suggested that I cleanse my feet before soaking her feet.

“This time, it’s Taekyung’s turn to show off his skills~!”

“… Should I also dip her feet like Lulu Xia?”

“It might be easier to start with your hands first. First, would you like to dip your hand into the puddle while letting the divine power flow through your body?”

“… All right.”

I was quite anxious as it was my first time using the awakening ability, but I already knew that this person’s personality was not one that could trap me.

As Lulucia said, I spread divine power throughout my body and then boldly put my hands into a puddle of water.

-With a splash!

As soon as she dipped her hand into the purple puddle, which seemed to be draining her stamina just by touching it, it bounced with a slight splash.

I closed my eyes tightly, thinking that the poison would spread through my hand as soon as I put it in, but fortunately, that didn’t happen.

Rather, when I opened my eyes again, what I saw in front of me was just two hands submerged in clear, transparent water.

As soon as I saw the clean hands waving in the water, I was able to confirm that the purification method the saint had mentioned was truly effective.

“How are you? “It’s really easy, right~?”

“… “Yes, that’s right.”

I never imagined that this would be possible all at once.

I don’t know if it was any other awakening ability, but the purification ability itself was the ability that I acquired for the first time and used for the first time today.

“Originally, divine power is a power that weakens quickly the further away it is from the user’s body. Therefore, it is most efficient to wear it on the body and deliver it directly!”

“I often used it that way when using recovery spells, but it also applies to purification.”

“Yes~! So, in purification work, it is always most important to shake off this initial fear! Even though it can be purified much more quickly and reliably by directly hitting it with your body, many people are not good at it!”

… Well, a typical recovery hunter would naturally do that.

When I think about the level of recovery hunters I met today, I could imagine them shying away, saying they didn’t want to touch them directly.

In other words, the efficiency of the work is sufficiently increased just by directly touching the divine power emitted from the body.

After thinking that far, I took off my shoes and socks like a saint and stored them in my subspace pocket.

Just like Lulucia, I tried using purification by dipping my feet in different water pools.

-With a splash.

“…”

The divine power and purifying water spreading around my feet in the puddle.

Seeing her being purified in exactly the same way as Lulucia did, quite a joyful feeling began to bloom in my heart.

Why does it feel so enjoyable even though all I am doing is dipping my feet in an empty puddle?

-Splash, splash, splash!

“Eight! Okay! “Eight~!”

Moreover, the saintess, who had already gained momentum, seemed to have begun to purify herself by jumping around and splashing around in the puddles of water with a happy expression on her face.

Thinking that I could not lose to Lulucia’s momentum, I did the same as her bare feet and found an empty puddle and moved her body.

It felt like leaving footprints in the untouched snow the morning after it had snowed all night.

While forgetting the reason why I came into the dungeon in the first place, I was excitedly focusing on the purification work.

At one point, a completely unexpected water bomb flew from her towards my face.

-Cheolpeeook!

“Ugh?!”

Haha~! “You caught me off guard~!”

The image of Lulucia making a round bowl with her hands and sprinkling clear water on the floor at me.

Seeing her playing around with her innocent smile, as if she were a child, naturally brought a smile to her face.

… I also scooped up a handful of purified water on the floor and aimed it at her saint.

“Haha, it’s clean water, so you can rest assured…”

-Wow!

“Phew?!”

Lulucia, who had been laughing and chatting excitedly after setting a water bomb out of nowhere, was embarrassed by my immediate counterattack.

When she responded that she had no idea a water bomb was going to hit her, I just responded with a shameless expression.

“Haha, did you think I would consider you a saint?”

“…”

“I’m sorry, but I’m the kind of person who needs to pay back for what’s been done to me to get my temper out of my head.”

-Sigh.

As he said those words and smiled calmly, the other side seemed to respond with a smile as well.

And it didn’t take long for it to turn into a water fight between the two.

-Cheolpeeook!

“Haha, … Pfft, phaha!”

-Wow!

“Ahhhhh… It hurts! Haha~!”

A competition where you cleanse all the puddles around you and throw spray at your opponent.

She and I, who was on fire in earnest, continued to work hard to purify her.

They purify themselves by dipping their feet into a puddle believed to be filled with deadly poison, and then spray the purified water on each other.

The water sprinkled with divine power spreads back to the ground and surrounding areas, naturally purifying the nearby area.

Since the work was fast, efficient, and even enjoyable, the level of job satisfaction was actually close to the highest.

‘It’s definitely a good thing you came with Lucia.’

Regardless of whether or not her goal was simply to become friends with her, the task itself of purifying the polluted area while playing around with each other was enjoyable.

Of course, there was an overwhelming difference in the amount of sacred power, so even while playing like this, I had to replenish my sacred power once or twice.

If I were a normal recovery type hunter, I would have had to use sacred potions as a means of recovering divine power, but in my case, there was no need to use expensive items like sacred potions.

My body’s divine power, which shares the characteristics of all internal powers, was a problem that could be solved by drinking senior Hwayoung’s energy potion or magic power potion that I kept in my subspace pocket.

In fact, it was possible to continue this enjoyable work of purification with her, with an infinite supply of her inexhaustible divine power.

-Chumble!

-Wow!

“…”

“…”

Meanwhile, Lulucia and I, who had used up all the water in the puddle, looked at each other slightly and stopped for a moment.

Immediately, both she and I spotted the next rather large poison pool in our direction.

Both Lulucia and I intuitively understood that the one occupying that puddle could continue a one-sided attack for a while, so without any question of who was first, she and I jumped into that puddle at the same time.

Just before jumping into the puddle with Lulucia, her and mine became entangled in the air.

-Soak.

“Ahaha?!”

“Whoa?!”

-Chaaaaa!!

Lulucia and I were lying on top of a large puddle of water, overlapping each other in the air.

When she came to her senses, she and I were lying on top of each other in a puddle, with our bodies overlapping with each other.

Suddenly, I felt the touch of the saintess’s breasts as she climbed on top of my body.

“…”

“…”

She had to use all her mental power to calm down her lower body, which was on the verge of erupting for a moment.

In this current situation, there would be nothing more embarrassing than my dick becoming erect.

Above all, Lulucia probably recognizes me as a woman now, so she can’t even reveal my identity.

As she smiled to lighten the awkward atmosphere, the saintess also began to smile along with her mood.

Haha…”

“Aha~! Haha~!”

We both fell on the floor with our soaked clothes on, and for a while we just looked into each other’s eyes and laughed.

The guild union employee who had been following me and the saintess’ purification work cautiously intervened in the conversation between me and Lulucia.

“I’m sorry for disturbing the happy atmosphere you two were having, but…”

“Yes?”

“Yes~?”

“With the two of you working hard to clean up, I would like to tell you that the cleanup of the area scheduled for today has already been completed…”

“… Uh, really?”

“Already~?”

“Of course, it doesn’t matter if you two continue the purification work! But I think I should tell you that the quota is already over…”

At the same time, the receptionist was secretly looking at me and Lulucia and giving me a strange look, expecting something.

Well, even if the employee didn’t have such expectations, my answer was already decided.

We made eye contact while lying on the floor, nodded at the same time, and then answered.

“I want to do more~!”

“I will do more.”

After all, I knew she would say this.