I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 181

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Bang!

The moment my divine power collided with Jesi’s dark energy, a fierce explosion erupted.

As soon as the table we were sitting at was destroyed, I quickly retreated backward.

The three members of the Sieri family, who had faster reaction speeds than me, were already taking defensive positions.

“This means that bastard really is the culprit, right?”

Trisha gritted her teeth and waved her hand.

Dense ash-colored mana rose around her.

“Even if he’s not the one who made Rute sick, he seems to be connected.”

Mikhail was also gripping his sword.

Perhaps because he was thoroughly angry, his clear sky-blue sword energy was fluctuating roughly.

“Grrrgh…”

The smoke cleared and Jesi’s figure was revealed.

Her body was covered in severe burns as if scorched by fire.

Even one eye that took my divine power head-on was completely crushed.

Even if my power was still lacking, I was still the Holy Maiden directly chosen by the Sun God.

On top of that, since I possessed divine power, I would be nothing short of a nightmare for Evil’s subordinates.

“How, how do you have such power…!”

Jesi shouted while covering half her face with her hand.

White smoke hissed up through the gaps between her fingers.

“I clearly confirmed you had almost no divine power…!”

“Why? Are you surprised to be beaten by a fake you infiltrated to destroy the Sun God’s Main Temple?”

At my words, Jesi’s eyes widened.

I sneered at her.

“You should have checked directly instead of leaving it to others. Then you wouldn’t have been backstabbed like this.”

All of this happened because of Evil’s arrogance.

Because it didn’t properly kill the Three Patron Deities, time eventually turned back.

Evil’s subordinates didn’t properly monitor the Sun God’s Main Temple, so they failed to grasp that I had become the real Holy Maiden, or that I had betrayed Count Kiris and devoted all my efforts to reviving the temple.

So what could they do.

They should blame their own stupidity.

“And one more thing.”

【Activating skill ‘Holy Spear’.】

I swung the mace I was holding, imbuing it with Holy Spear.

Toward her face that she was half-covering.

Swoosh!

“Aaaahhh!”

“Did you think I wouldn’t notice you were buying time to recover?”

I tore Jesi’s eye once more.

The black stains Jesi possessed were swarming disgustingly around her face, especially near the wounds.

How could I not notice that.

“…This is, the little one is doing so well that we don’t have anything to do.”

Little one? Are you really going to call me that…?

At Trisha’s sudden words, the tension almost completely broke for a moment.

“Huff, huff.”

Jesi grabbed her blood-dripping face once again.

The purple eyes glaring at me were full of murderous intent.

“To think mere divine power like yours could wound me. You, could you have really become the Holy Maiden?”

So she finally noticed.

Well, if she still didn’t know after being beaten this miserably, she’d be an idiot.

I snorted and shouted confidently.

“Would it work? If you were in the same position, would you make a fake sent to destroy the temple into the real Holy Maiden? Is the Sun God an idiot?”

I felt Rute glance at me from the side, but I brazenly lifted my chin.

【’Sun Risen from Death’ nods at the user’s statement.】

【The deity says he is not an idiot since he chose ‘Cha Siwon’ as the Holy Maiden.】

Jesi, fooled by my shamelessness, began to look confused.

“…Then how exactly did someone like you get this kind of power?”

“Am I crazy enough to kindly explain that to you?”

I pointed my mace at Jesi.

The three members of the Sieri family also gripped their respective weapons and pressured her.

“You seem to have quite a lot of Evil’s power, embarrassingly more than those ordinary guys I’ve killed so far.”

“…”

“Give up. It’s impossible for you alone to shake us off and escape.”

At my words, Jesi slowly looked us over.

“…It would be difficult.”

However, contrary to her words, her eyes weren’t those of someone who had given up.

“Still, it’s not like there’s no possibility.”

Jesi’s uninjured eye instantly turned pitch black.

“My master, Her Highness the Princess, will surely take revenge on you!”

At Jesi’s shout, I narrowed my eyes.

The Princess had just abandoned this bastard and left, yet she deliberately brought up the Princess’s name here.

It seemed like she was intentionally passing on information.

However, there was no time to worry about that.

She pulled out an ornate jeweled necklace from her chest.

A necklace that looked remarkably identical to the Holy Relic of Light that had been in the Temple of the Sun God’s sacred grounds, which I had destroyed.

Black light fiercely rose from the necklace.

Swoosh!

Sensing something ominous, Rute instantly cut off Jesi’s arm with his sword energy.

The severed forearm fell to the floor along with the necklace, but Jesi wasn’t screaming—she was laughing.

“It’s already too late! I’ll take at least one of you with me!”

The black light that started from the necklace instantly swallowed Jesi and spread to the surroundings.

“Get away!”

I hastily pulled the three members of the Sieri family behind me with my divine power.

Trisha and Mikhail must not touch that black light.

Rute especially must not touch it.

In this place right now, the only person who could contact Evil’s power without being affected was me alone.

【Activating skill ‘Holy Spear’!】

I drew up all my divine power.

Unlike blessing, Holy Spear was a skill that could also attack.

When used together with my sacred relic mace, the effect was further maximized.

【Skill ‘Holy Spear’ dwells in sacred relic ‘Divine Punishment’.】

【Due to skill bestowal effect, sacred relic ‘Divine Punishment’s grade temporarily rises to Unique!】

【Due to grade increase, sacred relic ‘Divine Punishment’s destructive power increases. Purification attribute is bestowed!】

The black mace shone even brighter.

So much so that it looked like a lump of gold.

I swung the mace greatly toward the black energy.

Kwaaaaang!

The moment divine power and black energy collided, the cabin walls burst out with a fierce explosion and sound.

I almost got swept away by the storm from the explosion, but I gritted my teeth and put strength into both legs.

Hold on. You worked out hard for this day!

I put in effort once more and swung the mace.

Crack, crackle!

【Skill ‘Holy Gun’ purifies the power of ‘Evil’!】

The divine power I poured out with all my strength began to devour the black energy bit by bit.

“No, it can’t be…! Oh God!”

Through the breaking black light, Jesi’s face was revealed.

I bared my teeth and smiled at her.

“God? There is no god called ‘Evil’ in this world.”

What you believe in is just a mass of ‘Evil’.

Swoooosh!

My mace, having completely torn through the black light, grazed past Jesi’s body.

Clang!

The jeweled necklace that fell to the floor shattered into pieces.

“Aaaahhh!”

The black light disappeared, leaving only beautiful golden waves.

Unable to withstand God’s sacred grace, Jesi collapsed with a thud.

“Ugh, huk…”

Wow, she’s still alive even after being reduced to rags like that.

Still, it seemed to have some effect, as the nauseating black stains writhing inside her body were slowly disappearing.

【’Sun Risen from Death’ says it’s because she pushed the power of ‘Evil’ to its limits.】

【He informs you that only a handful of power remains in her body now.】

A handful.

As the Sun God said, black stains still remained in Jesi’s heart, not yet disappeared.

Good thing. That at least some remained.

“Ordel!”

Just then, Rute grabbed my shoulder.

“Are you hurt anywhere!”

Before I could even answer, Rute, who had examined my body, shouted loudly.

“Here, you’re injured!”

My left arm.

There were several scratches that looked like cat scratches, though I didn’t know when they appeared.

“Why did you put your body in…!”

“Still, thanks to you, it ended with just this much injury.”

Before Rute’s scolding could continue, I quickly shook my left wrist.

The lace scarf that Rute had personally tied for me before the hunt began was torn to shreds.

If the scarf was in this state, yet I only had wounds this minor.

“I guess it’s because you tied it for me so I wouldn’t get hurt. Thank you.”

When I smiled brightly at Rute, he closed his mouth as if he had never been angry.

“Little one, did you think it would all be over just by shutting that bastard’s mouth?”

Just as I was about to feel relieved, Trisha’s ominous voice reached me.

“Going out alone to protect us is really something you should be scolded for…”

B-but there was no choice right now.

“…Let’s think about what to do with this bastard first.”

Fortunately, the attention of all three members of the Sieri family shifted to Jesi.

Phew, what a relief.

The aftermath might be scary, but let’s think about that later.

“I’m quite curious about what this ‘Evil’ thing is, what connection it has to Rute’s illness, and what you mean by being a fake Holy Maiden who infiltrated to destroy the Grand Temple.”

Trisha clenched her fists tightly.

“But I’ll be patient. You must have something in mind.”

However, there wasn’t a single trace of doubt in the eyes looking at me.

“I’ll leave this one’s disposal to you.”

Even though this was an opportunity to learn about Rute’s illness, she willingly handed Jesi’s custody over to me.

It must not have been an easy choice.

“…Thank you.”

Someday, the day will come when I tell them the truth.

I looked down at Jesi.

She was glaring at me as if she wanted to kill me, but there was some fear in her eyes.

You’re scared because you can’t predict what I’ll do?

Don’t worry. Whatever you imagine, it will be more than that.

I smiled and reached my hand toward her.

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