Chapter 269 – I’m Going to Meet You Now (6)

“What. Ask for time? How much?”

“As long as possible.”

“Huh.”

Iona stares at the approaching monsters with her eyes narrowed as if she is assessing something.

Seeing that, one of the paladins smiled bitterly and said.

“When the time comes, please take care of Yandel and retreat. Strictly speaking, this is the work of our church. And… If we can save someone more important than us, shouldn’t we?”

The other paladins were nodding their heads calmly as if they were thinking the same thing.

“… If you say so okay. I will help as much as I can, so Yandel students try what they want to do!”

“Thank you everyone. Oh, Professor Iona, would you like some blood?”

“Yep! If you can recover, better recover!”

With a familiar movement, Iona drives her teeth into the back of my neck. The Paladins were also soothing their tired bodies with potions that were handed out just in case, rather than divine power.

After a short blood-sucking. After taking enough potions from the inventory, he glared at the red curtain.

You just have to drill a hole in it. There is no need for great sacred arts. Enough with pure divine power.

The problem is that it doesn’t have that divine power. The Fallen Ritual was activated and the recovery stopped. However, if only priests have divine power… That’s not it.

I lightly closed my eyes and focused my mind inside.

Reproducing the Lintbloom breathing method close to its original form, my body became a magical organ.

What happens when magic affinity characteristics and system corrections are added to it?

The answer is simple. If I put my mind to it, I will be able to perceive everything only in my body.

Even if it’s trying to replenish the blood sucked by Iona, the bone marrow that works hard to produce blood is no exception.

… Actually, I thought it would be possible only theoretically, but it’s easier than I thought.

But. The heart became the core, the blood vessels became the mana rod, and naturally mana began to melt into the blood.

And there is no place in the body where blood does not reach.

In other words, it can be said that mana extends to every corner of the body, and with the power of mana affinity and system correction, it is possible to recognize it without missing it.

What’s important is what’s next

There is no meaning in simply focusing on the changes that occur within the body.

Humans in general cannot have such a rapid recovery rate. Then, what is stimulating and activating my body?

I took the minimum strand. Now you can go beyond the first step by digging deeper and recognizing the protection of the sun god…

“Ah.”

Perhaps because Iona didn’t have a lot of blood, her recovery was over.

It was a bonus that the sense of being caught was gone.

It is necessary to trace back the path that leads to recovery, but if the recovery does not come true, of course it will be impossible to follow.

Can’t help it

He pulled out a shining lion dagger. Then, after a moment of hesitation, he cut her wrist deeply.

Squeak.

“Keuk…”

The feeling of cold blades piercing your flesh. The pain that caught up one beat late and the blood that gushed out.

Did you cut too deep?

… No. Rather, this is just fine.

Wouldn’t the protection work harder the deeper the wound was?

He forced her to ignore the pain that rose from her wrists and pierced her head, sinking her into consciousness.

Maybe it’s because it’s a much bigger wound than just a little bit of blood. Or did I get a feel for it because I had tried it once?

As soon as I close my eyes, I can clearly feel all the sensations of the skin healing, blood vessels connecting, and replenishing the lack of blood.

This time, we have to go a little deeper here.

Increased concentration. My body is my domain. There is nothing I cannot detect, and there is nothing I cannot accomplish.

Sensation sharp enough to recognize every single cell. At the end, I felt a faint sense of discomfort.

Found.

I desperately pursued without letting go of the energy that the tip of my consciousness had seized.

Reckless backtracking, like chasing a butterfly in a typhoon or following footprints in a riverbed. But now my body allows me to do this.

How many times did he repeat following the trail to sink his consciousness deeper?

Deep enough to be sure that this is the bottom of the body. There were several lights flickering there.

But among them, the traces I was chasing were connected by two lumps of light.

One is slightly less bright, but the harmonious shimmering of various colors reminds me of a rainbow.

The other illuminated the surroundings with a blindingly bright pure white light. As if he were the sun.

Perhaps the former is the protection of the gods, and the latter is the protection of the sun god bestowed by the righteous light.

A crystal of divine power that is purer than that of any other priest, given directly by God.

What is the amount of it there? The amount of investment made by the righteous light in the thought of making me its own apostle is enormous.

If you explode this all at once, it’s possible enough to pierce the Fallen Ritual.

Now, how do you pull this off…

It would be impossible in the usual way. Even though it is deeply connected to my body, God’s protection is not my power, it is the power I received.

Just because the connection with the righteous light is broken doesn’t mean you can handle it at will.

So you have to use an unusual method.

If you can’t extract only the protection of the sun god… Wouldn’t it be enough to grab the surroundings together and tear them apart?

“Whoa…”

I took a deep breath and raised my mana.

It’s difficult to pinpoint the location. Anyway, this is my body. It’s not that difficult to spread one’s mana here.

With the magical power he drew, he wrapped the mass of divine power. Like a coating.

If the protection of the sun god was tightly wrapped, there was only one thing to do after that.

It pulls the mana as it is and forcibly tears it apart.

“Cuck!”

A pang coming from deep within. Would it feel like this if the intestines were removed without anesthesia?

Gaho, who saved me several times, now seems to be trying to kill me.

That you don’t deserve It’s not your strength.

However, what does that matter? He gritted his teeth and pulled the mana again.

Kwak.

Divine power and magic power do not oppose each other, but they do not mix well.

Thanks to this, the white sun slowly escapes its rooted position as if pushed by magic power.

The problem is that the magical power that has been coated so far collides with the fluctuating divine protection and scatters.

The solution to this is also simple.

He swallowed the rising blood and poured additional magic power. With the feeling of refilling as much as it is scattered.

As the blessing of the sun god is an A+ rank, the density of the divine power must have been considerable, and the speed at which it was consumed is no joke.

Without the mana-friendly attribute, no matter how confident you are in mana, it would have been impossible to forcefully pull it out like now.

Before that, the mana covered by the packaging must have collapsed.

If someone saw me now, it would look like I was throwing a huge amount of mana around.

Awesome

Maybe I didn’t like that I thought differently for a moment.

Hot blood starts to flow from the nose, as if the holy power that was coming up well caused another problem.

Still, we’re almost there. Even if you didn’t have to dig deep inside, you could clearly feel the existence of huge divine power.

I opened my eyes slowly. And the staff directed towards the tent that still does not allow outside intrusion… No, he raised the shining lion dagger.

If you’re shooting divine power instead of mana, this one should be much more efficient.

At this point, not only magical power but also divine power began to leak. My whole body trembled, as if the load on my body had grown stronger.

However, it doesn’t matter. There is only one thing to do now.

He led the clump of divine power that clamored fiercely to the side of the dagger.

And swung it towards the tent.

“Uh, aaaaa!!!”

Wow!

A light bursting with explosive momentum. A mass of divine power sharply curved like the fangs of a huge creature strikes down the red curtain.

They seemed to fight each other, but before long, their fangs pierced the curtain halfway through.

In that state, it caused a grand explosion.

Aaaaang!

The amount of light enough to blind you in an instant, and the deafening explosion.

But I didn’t get caught up in the explosion a moment ago. It was because the divine power that was fired was only directed forward.

When I opened my reflexively closed eyes, my blurry vision slowly regained clarity.

The veil collapses as it returns to mud again. Shards of divine power that are shattered and fall on your head like snow.

And Helena, her eyes wide open over the walls of the chapel that had been shattered in the aftermath of the explosion.

No, is it a righteous light? Seeing that the lion’s ears and tail made of light were put out, it was unmistakable.

She was so surprised that she smiled helplessly at her stretching hiccups.

“You came too late to meet me.”