I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 140

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Kieeeeeek!

“Do all monsters’ screams sound like this?”

How can they cry out so precisely like ‘kieeeek’?

I kicked the demon beast that was thrashing around after getting hit in the head and quickly stepped back.

The demon beast’s body also slid backward with a whoosh.

I only kicked it lightly, yet that heavy body was pushed back.

“Am I stronger than I thought?”

【’Sun Risen from Death’ watches contentedly, saying of course you are.】

It’s not even 100% divine power, I’ve only achieved up to 40% at most, and it’s this much?

Then what would happen if I achieved 100%?

“…Should I try filling it up more?”

I was planning not to make offerings anymore since it felt like pouring water into a bottomless jar.

No wait. The more Idella performs, the more the Sun God’s reputation will rise, right?

Then I could become stronger without spending money?

“Idella, please do your best.”

Since I, the hindrance, have also disappeared, I hope everyone works together to diligently build up the Grand Temple.

“Ah.”

Just then, the demon beast shot spines from its back toward me.

I swung the divine power imbued in my mace widely, striking down all the spines before they could reach me.

Swoosh!

However, the demon beast didn’t stop there. A thick, long tongue that looked sticky came flying at me.

I immediately rolled my body to dodge it.

Bang!

As if the tongue were made of stone, the spot where I had been standing was instantly smashed to pieces, with fragments flying in all directions.

The problem wasn’t just that.

Hissssss.

“…Acidic saliva is really too much, isn’t it?”

The area the tongue touched began to corrode black.

If I get caught by that tongue, Ordel’s frail body would be split in half instantly.

I must avoid that at all costs.

The longer the fight drags on, the more disadvantageous it becomes for me, who has less stamina than that thing.

I’ve been fighting immediately after riding a horse for nearly 7 hours.

So I need to kill that demon beast as quickly as possible, preferably in one blow.

I stepped back to create distance from the demon beast and gripped my mace with both hands.

I focused all my attention on the mace, not on the demon beast charging toward me.

From the moment I chose a mace as my weapon, I had been constantly thinking about it.

How could I use this well?

It would be a waste to use the mace only as a blunt weapon.

If that were the case, I would have made a police baton instead. There wouldn’t be much difference when imbued with divine power anyway.

Then couldn’t I sharpen the mace like a sword or spear? Sharp enough to stab or cut enemies.

It would be possible if I infused divine power into the mace like a blade, but then it wouldn’t be much different from using a sword.

I need a method that utilizes the mace’s advantages while being able to neutralize enemies instantly.

And I finally found one such method.

Making the mace’s spikes more powerful with divine power!

I concentrated on the divine power covering the mace.

The mace’s spikes extended long and sharp. So much so that the mace was completely invisible, covered in golden divine power.

Incomparably more than the spikes that sprouted from the demon beast’s back.

“It looks like a chestnut burr.”

The completed divine power mace was very beautiful.

It also looked like a giant Christmas tree ornament.

It required a lot of concentration and consumed quite a bit of divine power, but it wasn’t bad for a first attempt.

Thump thump thump thump!

Kiaaaaaaak!

Meanwhile, the demon beast had approached nearby.

If I get hit even once by that thing’s massive front paw, I’ll fall into a critical state.

This is my precious friend’s body, so I can’t treat it carelessly.

After strengthening my legs, I kicked off the ground and leaped into the air.

Before the demon beast that missed me could spit out its regenerated spikes again.

I gripped the end of the long iron chain connected to the mace’s tip and swung it widely toward the demon beast.

The mace, which looked like a small sun due to the divine power protruding like spikes, embedded itself directly into the demon beast’s back.

Kwaaaaang!

The demon beast’s scream couldn’t even be heard properly, drowned out by the thunderous sound.

Thud.

“Wow…”

I was so shocked that I couldn’t even perform a proper landing and just collapsed onto the ground.

Kieek, kiiiiek…

Dozens of divine power spikes, protruding nearly 1 meter, were properly embedded in the demon beast’s body.

The demon beast’s characteristic thick purple blood poured from wounds all over its body, instantly soaking the ground.

The demon beast tried desperately to move, scratching the ground with its feet, but it couldn’t move at all because some of the spikes protruding from the mace were also embedded in the ground.

One hit.

“Here! The sound definitely came from here!”

Just then, with a loud shout, the nearby grass began to rustle.

Soon after, armed knights began to appear one by one.

“…Huh?”

They appeared with swords drawn, fully tense, but soon discovered me and stopped with their eyes wide open.

“Ah, hello?”

I smiled awkwardly and waved my hand toward them.

Clank clank clank.

Each time I did so, the iron chain I was still holding in my hand rattled.

Seeing their expressions with earthquakes in their pupils, I quietly lowered my hand again.

“What’s going on?”

Then I heard a familiar voice.

Through the knights who stepped aside to make way, Rute appeared with an expressionless face.

“Your Grace!”

I waved my hand vigorously toward Rute with a bright smile.

“…Holy Maiden?”

Rute, who discovered me, stopped abruptly.

Confusion and bewilderment swept across his usually composed face.

So even Rute has days when he’s surprised.

“Why on earth are you here…!”

Rute, whose poker face had completely crumbled, rushed over urgently.

He supported me as I stood up, brushing off my pants.

“I’m fine. I just sat down because I stepped wrong.”

“What on earth were you doing here?”

“I was catching a demon beast.”

The evidence is right there in front of us, so what are you asking?

“So why were you catching a demon beast… Sigh, are you hurt anywhere?”

“Not at all.”

I spread both arms and spun around once, and Rute felt relieved.

“Did you catch that by yourself?”

“Yes. It was my first time catching one, but it wasn’t as difficult as I thought. It’s all thanks to this weapon.”

I withdrew the divine power that had been enveloping the weapon.

The knights who had been examining the demon beast that was only making gurgling sounds stepped back in surprise.

Rute sighed and retrieved the mace with magic.

Only after thoroughly cleaning off all the demon beast’s bodily fluids that were splattered everywhere did he return the mace to me.

Wow, magic is really convenient.

With divine power, I can’t retrieve it or clean it properly.

I want to be a mage too.

【’Sun Risen from Death’ says absolutely not, restlessly insisting that they cannot let go of their user.】

【’Traveler Guiding Souls’ clicks their tongue, calling them a greedy god.】

【Your divine power has been consumed by an indirect message from ‘Traveler Guiding Souls’.】

【Please be careful as divine power will be consumed when there are no sacred objects, Holy Maidens, or Holy Sages of the corresponding god nearby.】

“….”

I already used a lot of divine power in battle, and now you’re making me use more divine power by saying unnecessary things?

【’Sun Risen from Death’ strikes the back of ‘Traveler Guiding Souls’ head, asking how dare they use our child’s divine power.】

【They hurriedly comfort the user, saying they will monitor carefully to ensure this never happens again, so don’t worry too much.】

System, please create a communication ON/OFF function as soon as possible….

“I see you made a weapon as soon as you got the sacred stone.”

At Rute’s words, I hurriedly turned my eyes away from the gods’ communication window and nodded.

“I’ve been waiting for this day. Cool, right?”

“It suits the Holy Maiden very well.”

Oh my, what a pleasant compliment.

“But how on earth did you get here? And where did you leave the others to come alone….”

“Well, because I came alone.”

“You came all the way here alone? To a place with demon beasts?”

“It’s a bit much to explain here….”

When I gestured toward the knights who kept looking back and forth between me and the demon beast, Rute nodded as if he understood.

“Our encampment is just a little further ahead, so let’s go there.”

Since the battles continue, they must have established a proper base.

I nodded and asked the knights to take care of the horse I had tied up nearby, then moved with Rute.

Before long, we arrived at a base with several tents.

“Huh? H-Holy Maiden?”

Yuri, who had been waiting for him in front of the tent that Rute was using, spotted me and widened her eyes.

“Why on earth are you here…?”

“It just happened that way.”

“How could you just happen to be here…?”

Ah, I said there are circumstances.

“I have something to discuss with the Holy Maiden, so prepare a meal for her in the meantime.”

“Yes, yes!”

At Rute’s command, Yuri hurriedly left.

Befitting a duke’s quarters, his tent was quite spacious and comfortable.

I sat across from him at the table in the center.

“Excuse me for a moment. This isn’t something that should leak out.”

I spread divine power to block the surroundings so sound wouldn’t escape.

“What kind of story requires even a barrier….”

“It’s something that will be revealed eventually, but just in case.”

“What…?”

“Actually, I’m not the Holy Maiden.”

At my bombshell statement, Rute’s eyes widened.

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