I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 237

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〖You insolent bastard!〗

The man gripped my chin even more forcefully.

Though speaking had become difficult, I didn’t yield and glared at him while snorting derisively.

“Do you, really, think, you can, devour me? My entire body, is filled with, the Sun God’s divine power, his sacred force.”

The Sun God’s power was nothing short of lethal poison to ‘Evil’.

So how could devouring me possibly benefit him?

〖Hahaha! Your delusions know no bounds.〗

‘Evil’ pulled me closer.

The stench from his torn mouth grew even worse.

No, this wasn’t simply bad breath from not brushing his teeth.

The smell of death.

It was the scent of Feliks’s body, which the man had possessed, rapidly decaying as it couldn’t withstand his power.

〖Do you think the meager divine power you possess could deal any damage to me?〗

Glass-like gleaming black eyes swept over me.

〖You’re not even the real Sun God. You’ll merely become nourishment. When you die, the Sun God will suffer a blow and weaken again.〗

‘Evil’ cackled while glaring up at the sky.

The man’s demonic face was painted with ecstasy as he looked at the sun floating in the heavens.

〖Then I will finally devour all Three Sovereign Gods and be reborn as a true god…!〗

The man, who had been constantly flicking his long tongue, suddenly stopped speaking.

His momentum to devour the sky lasted only briefly.

He slowly turned to look at me again.

〖…Right, come to think of it, you bastards said something strange. Past lives, the past. As if you had stolen glory from me.〗

The man’s face hardened.

〖…Was that, real?〗

If my chin hadn’t been held captive, I would have openly mocked him.

Stupid fool. You’re only noticing this now?

〖You bastards, how dare you! From me! My glory!〗

Ah, it wasn’t something I did. Don’t put the blame on me.

〖I will kill you. I’ll kill all of you, and this time I’ll properly devour this world!〗

Behind the man, another demon gate opened.

Seeing the demons bursting out one after another, I took a slow deep breath.

“No, you’ll, fail again, this time too.”

Do you know how hard I, the Three Sovereign Gods, all of us worked to create a world different from our first life?

“There’s no, next time for you. In this life, you’ll be, annihilated.”

〖A bastard who can’t do anything while crushed under me sure has a mouth that works.〗

“I’m the type of person, who even when drowning, only my mouth, floats to the surface.”

〖Really? I wonder if you’ll still be able to talk after I devour you.〗

‘Evil’ opened his mouth wide.

His dripping tongue and sharp teeth seemed about to reach me at any moment.

Ugh, this is seriously disgusting.

I can’t have my first kiss in this body with the likes of you.

Stupid bastard. Do you think I’ve been caught by you for no reason?

“Hey, thanks. For not, eating me right away, and wasting time, with useless talk.”

I looked straight at him and smiled.

“Holy Maiden! Quickly break this and save the Holy Maiden!”

“How many times has the Holy Maiden saved us! Are we going to fail to save her and let her die!”

“Risk your lives to save her!”

From beyond the pitch-black wall that ‘Evil’ had erected, I could hear the cries of people trying to save me.

“Ordel! Why won’t this damn wall break!”

“Calm down and let’s try once more. If we combine our strength, breaking a wall like this should be nothing.”

Even Carmen and Dominic, who had acted like bitter enemies, were struggling to save me.

“I can’t, I can’t lose you like this again. I won’t lose you a second time. How could I, when I brought you back to life!”

Jin’s desperation, fearing she might lose me again, reached me as well.

“This opportunity, that I created with such effort. My savior, whom I met with such difficulty. Do you think I’d just let you die like this?”

I could also hear Lute’s voice, filled with rage.

Ah, everyone in this place desperately wished for my survival.

Without exception, everyone’s hearts were directed toward me.

To save me, the Holy Maiden of the Sun God.

This was soon sublimated into earnest prayers directed toward the Sun God.

“Sun God! Please save your child!”

“Sun God!”

Gods grow stronger through people’s prayers.

Real power that mere money could never match.

【Earnest prayers are directed toward the ‘Sun Risen from Death’. People’s desperate hearts shake the system!】

【The final fragment of the ‘Sun Risen from Death’s’ power has been filled.】

【Congratulations! The ‘Sun Risen from Death’ has completely recovered his power!】

It was the moment when people’s gathered desperate hearts filled all the power the Sun God had lost.

This was exactly why I hadn’t filled that last 1% with money.

Because I wanted the Sun God, who loved people and this world so dearly, to feel people’s hearts once more.

Because hearts could never be bought with mere money.

【The AI System grants a new epithet to the Sun who has not lost his essence.】

【The new epithet of the ‘Sun Risen from Death’ is ‘Light of Indomitability and Faith’.】

【The ‘Light of Indomitability and Faith’ is colored with joy.】

Wow, an epithet change.

And ‘Light of Indomitability and Faith’ at that.

It’s really an epithet that suits the Sun God.

〖What is, this!〗

‘Evil’, who had been about to devour me, let out a scream.

He must have felt it too.

That the sun in the distant sky had grown even stronger.

That he had completely recovered his power.

The current Sun God was no longer an opponent that ‘Evil’ could easily defeat.

Rather, he had become strong enough to crush him into the mud.

“I told you, didn’t I. This time, you’re really, going to die.”

〖Nonsense, urgh!〗

Then the man let out a short scream and released my chin.

His pitch-black hand was burning with a sizzling sound, as if being purified.

Ah, only then did I realize that my body was suffused with light.

[Don’t you dare lay a hand on my child, you insect.]

At the same time, I heard a voice resembling blazing flames.

I opened my eyes wide.

The light flowing from my body gathered and coalesced in the air, taking human form.

Though the facial features weren’t clearly defined, I could definitely make out the masculine form with short hair.

Could this be…?

〖Sun God!〗

Really, the Sun God?

[My child. I express my gratitude to you for working so hard for my sake.]

He looked at me and smiled.

So very warm and gentle.

It was a smile like a parent would give their child.

[You are a symbol of victory. So you will be able to win this time as well.]

The Sun God’s touch reached my head.

Though it was just a small touch, it conveyed a sense of stability and peace I had never felt before.

Seriously. What are you, my family or something?

However, I didn’t entirely dislike this touch.

I closed my eyes and accepted the warm light with my entire body.

Starting from my head, passing through my heart to my fingertips and toes, gentle power spread throughout.

A sense of fullness I had never experienced before filled my entire body.

I could feel it instinctively.

I had just broken through 100% divine power.

【’Light of Indomitable Will and Faith’ bestows a blessing upon the Holy Maiden who devoted herself for its sake. The user’s divine power increases.】

【Current divine power possessed: 100%】

【Congratulations! The user’s divine power has broken through 100%!】

An enormous power I had never felt before surged within me.

〖No, this, this doesn’t make sense!〗

‘Evil’ screamed at the sight of me.

Bathed in golden light, I looked straight at him and grinned wickedly.

Now the final piece to kill that bastard was complete.

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Sun God’s Main Temple.

A strange sound reached the ears of those who were praying for everyone who had gone to the battlefield.

Crack, crumble!

“D-Ditrihi, sir!”

Ditrihi, who was leading the prayers, suddenly stood up from his seat.

The Sun God’s statue was changing.

“Good heavens. The Sun God’s statue is…!”

“What, what on earth is happening?”

The statue whose head had suddenly broken one day.

After discovering the Holy Stone, they had tried earnestly to restore it, but no matter how hard they worked, it kept breaking.

It felt like the god’s will, so they had left it as it was for several months.

Suddenly, the statue began moving on its own, starting to take on a complete form.

But in a different appearance than before.

The long flowing hair had become shorter, and the widely spread arms that symbolized benevolence had also changed form.

The left hand remained the same, but the right hand was clenched in a tight fist.

Though that appearance seemed strange, that wasn’t what was important.

“The Sun God’s smile…”

Even though everything else had changed, the Sun God’s smile that looked upon them warmly was unchanged from before it broke.

The priests who had been staring blankly at the changing statue shed tears and knelt down at the familiar smile.

This is a miracle.

A miracle performed by the god.

That was the only way to explain it.

Dong, dong, dong.

At that moment, a bell sound so clear and refreshing, so beautiful it couldn’t be expressed in words, filled the temple.

“Isn’t this the bell sound that announces the birth of a Holy Maiden?”

They already had a Holy Maiden, so why was such a bell sound ringing again?

When Ordel became the Holy Maiden, High Priestess Airic had said she heard the bell sound alone.

“…That’s not important.”

Among the murmuring people, Ditrihi spoke quietly.

“This is no different from a bell sound announcing the revival of the Sun God, and furthermore, our temple.”

Ditrihi shed tears.

Somehow he could tell.

That those who went to the battlefield had elevated the Sun God’s status.

And he felt certain that they were all safe.

Including Holy Maiden Ordel who had left this place.

“A miracle has come to us.”

Ditrihi clasped his hands together while tears streamed down his face.

The people who had been staring at him blankly all offered prayers to the god together.

Prayers expressing deep gratitude and wishing for everyone’s well-being.

They would never forget this moment when the god performed a miracle.

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