I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 194

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“I’ll purify them so the demons can’t merge, so everyone attack without worry.”

As I spun my mace around with a grin, people nodded with reluctant expressions.

“Attack!”

At Feliks’s shout, everyone began fighting the demons.

I killed demons while occasionally purifying those that showed signs of merging.

My mind was at ease since Rute was handling the demons in my blind spots.

“Lady Ordel.”

At some point during the frenzied cycle of killing and purifying.

I found myself back-to-back with Seth.

“That was truly a magnificent strike.”

Seth’s calm praise made me laugh even in this situation.

“Since we’re the only two actually participating in combat, I need to purify like my eyes are falling out.”

Monica was treating the poisoned, and Idella was helping Monica while occasionally purifying the battlefield.

Victoria was protecting those two, and Airic was guarding the Emperor, so only Seth and I were here now.

“We can do it. You shouldn’t overexert yourself either, Lady Ordel.”

“I’ll try not to get hurt. Well, there’s someone protecting me like his own body.”

Rute.

Even while I had this brief conversation with Seth, he killed the demons charging at me.

He completely pulverized them so they couldn’t merge.

“…I cannot help but acknowledge his combat ability.”

Despite the presence of Carly and Duke Aria, as well as Carmen and Dominic, the most conspicuous person was undoubtedly Rute.

Perhaps due to his divine power, the demons couldn’t properly resist his strength.

“So don’t worry about me and look after the others. It’s inefficient for us to stick together.”

“Understood. Please be careful.”

Seth nodded and left my side.

Every time his golden sword energy struck like lightning, demons turned to powder.

‘The battle is easier than I thought.’

After simultaneously taking down three charging demons, I caught my breath and looked around.

The hundreds of demons had been reduced by about half.

Though there were those with serious injuries, thanks to the priests, no one had died.

As expected, the situation was better than in the original story when the three temples joined forces.

In the original, demons had also attacked during the holy festival.

Caught off guard, people panicked, and many casualties occurred as parts of the Imperial Capital collapsed under the demon assault.

Though Idella managed to subjugate all the demons, it could hardly be called a victory.

But what about now?

Carmen and Dominic, who had been blinded by achievements and focused only on killing demons, were now tending to the wounded.

The Temple of the Annihilation God, which had remained secluded until the Southern Region was half-destroyed, was treating people.

Most importantly, the biggest difference was Rute’s presence.

In the original, it was Rute who had led the demons directly.

It was the moment he first revealed himself as a subordinate of ‘Evil,’ shocking everyone.

But the current Rute wasn’t leading demons—he was at the forefront killing them.

“Why are you looking at me so intensely?”

Rute, having defeated another demon, approached me.

“I’m so glad you’re on our side.”

“That’s obvious.”

Rute chuckled as if it were nonsense.

But in my previous life, it hadn’t been obvious at all.

I was right to hide the time regression from Rute.

It’s better he doesn’t know about that past filled with nothing but pain.

“At this rate, the battle will end soon.”

The end, would it really?

In my previous life, Rute had led the demons.

So who was playing that role now?

They wouldn’t have just sent demons. Someone must be hiding somewhere, watching this entire scene.

To seize what they want while we’re distracted by the demons.

“Ahhh!”

Just like now.

At the familiar scream, I quickly turned my head.

On the stairs with the altar.

Idella, who had been there to carefully observe the battlefield, was collapsed.

Jeremy had suddenly appeared, gripping a dagger and standing protectively over Idella.

“Idella! Jeremy!”

Jeremy was visibly tense even from a distance.

Because of the demon in front of them.

Hiss, hisss.

It was a demon so massive that its breathing could be heard from here.

Thick fur covering its entire body, sharp claws, a tail so thick it looked like a python.

Drip, drip.

Each drop of saliva from its mouth melted the stairs.

Its sharply raised eyes were fixed not on Jeremy, but on Idella.

So this time too, they’re targeting Idella!

“It’s a high-grade demon!”

At someone’s shout, people tensed up.

A high-grade demon could crush every bone in your body with one wrong hit, and a single drop of poison could melt your flesh.

If your body melted instantly, even healing power would be useless, so extreme caution was necessary.

“We need to deal with that first.”

Duke Aria extended his hand.

An ice spear flew toward the high-grade demon.

Clang!

However, the high-grade demon caught the ice spear with its tail without even looking this way.

The thick tail snapped the spear in one blow.

“It blocked that so easily?”

Duke Aria’s eyes widened.

As one of the Empire’s top mages, his shock was understandable.

“I’ll do it.”

Carmen launched a spear made of the sea god’s divine power at the demon.

Kyaak!

The demon, vulnerable to divine power, couldn’t snap it instantly like Duke Aria’s spear.

Far from it, its tail sizzled and burned as if scalded.

“Divine power is indeed its weakness. I’ll handle this.”

Though the Sun God’s divine power was most lethal, other divine powers were also effective.

Carmen’s hair fluttered.

Blue waves appearing at her fingertips swept over the demon like a tsunami.

Jeremy hugged Idella and crouched as low as possible to avoid being swept away by the current.

After the storm passed and all the water disappeared.

I grimaced.

“What the hell…!”

“A, a barrier?”

Because of the translucent black barrier surrounding the demon.

How can a demon use magic?

How could beings that merely crave life without reason?

Even withstand the Holy Maiden’s divine power?

Even if it wasn’t Carmen’s full-strength attack, it still doesn’t make sense.

That’s when it happened.

The moment the demon beast let out a thunderous roar, the protective barrier surrounding it suddenly expanded and swallowed Jeremy and Idella who were still on the stairs.

“Hey!”

It was obvious they were trying to prevent anyone from interfering!

Jeremy could kill a high-level demon beast, but it would be tight fighting while protecting Idella.

Moreover, if Jeremy became endangered, the Sea God would inevitably intervene and take control.

I absolutely couldn’t let that happen.

I gritted my teeth and gripped my mace.

“Rute, send me over there.”

Right now, I was the only one here who could break through that barrier.

So I had to go.

“Together…”

“You need to handle the remaining demon beasts here.”

Purification would already become difficult if I left, so I couldn’t take Rute with me too.

“…Don’t get hurt.”

In the end, Rute gritted his teeth and sent me flying with his wind.

It was so gentle and careful that even though my body was floating in the air, I didn’t feel anxious at all.

After briefly feeling his wind, I looked down at the demon beast’s protective barrier below.

Jeremy and Idella were fighting the high-level demon beast together.

Both had sufficient strength, but they looked troubled due to the limited space on the stairs.

I immediately gripped my mace and struck the barrier fiercely.

Bang! Crash!

“…Huh?”

What?

It broke in one hit like this?

Even if the Sun God’s divine power is strong against demon beasts, this is a bit strange, isn’t it?

“Lady Ordel!”

I snapped to attention at Jeremy’s voice calling me.

First, I needed to deal with the demon beast.

Bang!

The demon beast that got hit by my mace staggered back.

In the meantime, I landed beside the altar.

“…!”

At the same time, my blood ran cold.

What is this?

The unpleasant sensation I felt from my feet.

The nauseating, ominous feeling I had experienced once before.

The aura of ‘Evil’ I had felt at Count Kiris’ manor.

Why was I feeling this on these stairs?

The moment I unconsciously looked down.

Crash!

The stairs exploded with a thunderous sound.

As I hastily jumped upward, someone burst out from the crumbling stairs.

“You…!”

Blue hair, blackened eyes, a coldly hardened face.

It was Bes Lunata holding a sword.

The tip of her sword flew toward me, not Idella.

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