NOVEL NEXT Chapter 599
<599 - A Delicious Linked Quest (23)>
The God of Peace [Tranquilo] was astonished by the tremendous pressure being exerted on his vessel.
‘The Pillar of the Divine is about to break!!’
The Saintess Shecilly bravely sacrificed her own body, but there was a condition that rendered her unable to control that body.
If Shecilly’s vessel were destroyed, she would no longer be able to accept divine power, or the divine power linked to her could suddenly be severed, cutting off the connection altogether.
‘Neither side can be allowed to happen!’
Tranquilo immediately cast [Divine Descent] to fully enhance Shecilly’s flesh and tried to lift the force that was weighing him down.
No matter how sacred the body of the saintess was, as soon as [Divine Descent] was enacted, her physical body was gradually deteriorating, but that speed was slower than the rate at which the vessel was breaking under the world’s domain.
Having committed such an act, it could be regarded that the time to handle Shecilly’s vessel was reduced, and the probability of her being recognized as a true servant rather than a mere toy of God had vanished.
‘Still, it’s a gain. If I can withstand this blow, for some reason, I can monopolize that body in place of the vanished Grandiosus!’
I just need to endure.
When that time comes, I can possess the body of the Dark Princess, who can handle divine magic without faith.
A rare being capable of wielding both the power of God and the wicked dark mana.
Seonhwang.
Demon King.
It would be like holding the immense vessel combining the powerful entities of the Middle Realm.
I would have the opportunity to challenge the one true God, Sofemia of the Sun, ending the long-standing union of the 12 Benevolent and 12 Evil Gods and the core 24 divine classes!
‘Soon.’
The world is mine.
‘It should be ending soon.’
I, the strongest.
‘Just a little longer and it will be over.’
The Middle Realm will submit under the name of [Peace].
‘Isn’t it about time it ended…?’
I could conquer countless dimensions and achieve the myth of the strongest in the universe.
‘……Why isn’t it ending?’
It must finish.
But it absolutely did not end.
“???”
Yet the Dark Princess was holding on.
The God of Peace Tranquilo, unable to comprehend the principle, exclaimed in a panic.
“How can there be such divine magic without an apostolic contract?! What in the world is happening? Is there really a mad human god who bestows benefits at the cost of power loss to someone without even a contract?!”
In Tranquilo’s eyes, Grandiosus appeared to be a lunatic welfare who generously shared divine power with humans.
But thinking again, Grandiosus had long fled in fright over something.
It wasn’t his doing.
An absurd situation.
An inexplicable variable.
Divine light flashed in Tranquilo’s eyes.
Beyond the enormous step of Grandiosus filled with immense divine power, a penetrating gaze that transcended the lethal divine power revealed the secret.
schwoop
The sacred power manifesting in the air according to the divine’s interest forcibly pulled the divine power from the body of the Blind Saintess, completing the incantation.
The Dark Princess Oknodie continued to receive divine power through the Blind Saintess as a medium.
“You coward! Face me fairly with dark mana! How can you steal the saint’s power and use it instead? Are you really a Dark Princess?!”
Tranquilo burst out in frustration, but the Dark Princess nonchalantly pulled out a potion from inside her clothes.
[Unique Elixir of Recovery]
“Hmph. You shouldn’t have touched Reap. It’s too late now. A veteran player in serious mode doesn’t care about the concept!”
The transparent dark silent mosquitoes that had been circling around the Dark Princess jabbed the potion and began to suck out the solution, blank-faced from the immense energy outflow, injecting the liquid into the body of the Blind Saintess.
An atrocious airborne supply that fed her unique dish on the spot to produce even more divine power!
‘I can still hold on. My power will last longer, just barely!’
The step of the great being grows stronger the closer it gets to the ground.
As time passes, it becomes harder to hold on, but thus, as one approaches the final steps, the power expended becomes greater.
The world’s domain displayed by the true essence of the God was no different from a finishing move, and such power couldn’t be fully unfurled no matter how many loopholes one exploited.
Acknowledging the Dark Princess’s cleverness was unavoidable.
But Grandiosus had already left.
The only remaining energy source was still the saint of Grandiosus.
The grand divine power could not be borne by mere humans’ paltry divine production.
[Ancient Blood Pouch]
Suddenly, from Oknodie’s pocket, came the recovery serum made by the ancient underworld vampires!
kiyaaah!!
Stop screwing around, seriously!!!
Why is the ancient vampire serum coming out of a human’s pocket!!!!
No more limits.
Tranquilo withdrew one hand from the two hands blocking the immense step.
His left hand instantly cracked and faltered, but his right hand was quickly thrust into Shecilly’s breast.
[Blessed Holy Water]
The secret recovery potion only found among saintesses.
After a long time of collecting the holy water produced each month, a result had emerged.
With a tearful determination to down it in one go, he reached for the holy water bottle.
But just as he grabbed it, it suddenly slipped right out of his grasp.
[Ghost Collective: Lin]
Surprisingly, the ghostly masses that would instantly perish upon contact with the holy water approached and snatched the holy water bottle away.
‘How could something so ridiculous happen?’
The ghostly masses were spectral remnants that couldn’t survive alone, who had come together to form a shape out of necessity, just like scum.
They had formed a single shape, but should things get difficult, they would likely scatter like cowards, so it was impossible to understand why they had united as one.
[Light of Peace]
Once again, Tranquilo activated his inner power and realized the secret.
[Buff: Grandiosus's Sacred Veil]
This ghost collective was wrapped in divine power all around.
It could be said that it was practically sealed by divine power.
If one did not move in the same way as the divine power, the ghost would perish upon contact with that area—it was no choice but to follow if they wished to stay alive.
‘No, how could anyone gather this much divine power during such an intense battle!!’
Tranquilo’s body gradually crumbled as he missed the chance to replenish his strength.
While feeling indignant, Tranquilo gaped, observing what had made such a buff possible.
And he finally realized.
kiilurururuk…
kiiyuuung…
He saw the presence of the tainted beings on the ground dying, the transparent dark silent mosquitoes, and the empty holy water potion bottle rolling beside them.
‘The dark mosquito sucked the blessed water obtained from the Grandiosus’s temple and injected power into it, thus casting a buff and binding it to the ghostly frame!’
Because it was a being draped in the divine power of Grandiosus, they could approach even in the presence of the great step and were then robbed of the holy water bottle.
“Thank you, mosquitoes! I’ll take my revenge on the evil gods for your share!”
To Tranquilo, watching the mosquitoes grotesquely die after having their mana opened and cursed, she was the most wicked and shameless of creatures, but she was no different from a mosquito in her plight.
In the end, the amplified step of [Great Being's Step], which he could no longer endure, severed the pillar of divine essence, and Tranquilo’s will was thrown back into the divine realm as the evil will of the Dark Princess’s minion severed the divine manifestation.
“Uaaaaaaaa!!! Dark Princess!!!”
It was a complete defeat for the God.
*
“Phew! We won!”
As long as I have this human-shaped backup battery called the Blind Saintess, I can cast divine magic unlimitedly at no cost.
I even have the unique food and drink I received from the Chairman of the Foundation, the blood pouch from the lunchbox delivered by the vampires, and the holy water I snatched from the Blind Saintess’s waist!
After applying a triple dose to the Blind Saintess, the connection between the true essence of Tranquilo and the vessel of the Swordsman Saintess was severed, as he could not withstand the quick battle.
Victory over God.
What should I do in this glorious moment?
“Victory!”
I raise my arms high and jump.
Then I try to angle my gaze to be perfectly optimized for a screenshot.
Oh right.
But this isn’t a game, and there’s no screenshot function?
I plopped down in disappointment and lay on the ground.
Rolling around, I groaned under the fatigue that hit me like a ton of bricks, feeling countless presences approaching.
“Run away, Agassi.”
“Reap?”
“I don’t know what power you just wielded, but you just handled the world’s domain. It’s a strength so rare even in the Professor Class, that even graduates dare not speak of it.”
“Oops!”
“Now you’ve realized it. Seeing your growth at the Academy, the Foundation might consider you a threat and attempt to eliminate you…”
“The Graduate Student Crisis!!”
“…?”
“If my growth speed is too fast, the professors are going to lose their minds! What do I do?!”
I’m sick of the life full of kidnapping and detention in the lab.
I’m done with that kind of episode!
In my shaking eyes filled with fear, I saw Reap desperately unleashing poison to block the approach of the instructors coming from all directions.
Would that even be useful?
It’s painfully obvious that I’m the only one who will cause trouble here!
At that moment, while I wore a helpless expression, an instructor from the Professor Class approached through the poisonous mist.
The person who arrived at the scene faster than anyone else and had the highest probability of locking me up in the lab!
When I looked up with desperate eyes, the familiar face was astonishingly familiar.
“Don’t worry, Agassi. I’ll take care of the rear.”
“Jonnas!”
Loyalty 100.
My ally who wouldn’t betray me!
An ally has arrived.