Ch.200Chapter 200 – The Mechanic Revives

# The Holy Maiden of the Sun Order, Eterna Lumio Sol

“Move that item over here, and that one over there, please.”

“Yes, Holy Maiden.”

She was currently directing the ritual for Pathos’s resurrection.

Since it was a ritual to revive the dead that existed only in ancient texts, she had expected to encounter trial and error, but…

“Lady Regina, has the decoding of the texts been completed?”

“It’s all done, dear. The texts even include various methods to prevent mistakes.”

With Regina taking charge of decoding the resurrection ritual texts, the possibility of trial and error had completely disappeared.

Having lived for a long time, she had successfully decoded the documents containing the resurrection ritual with the help of Shreka, the High Elder of the High Elves, to resurrect Pathos.

At first, Shreka was reluctant to help with something called a “resurrection ritual,” but once she learned that Pathos had died and this ritual was meant to bring him back, she became actively involved.

With the determination to help the benefactor who had revived the World Tree, the most intelligent elven scholars assisted in interpreting the contents of the ancient texts.

“Thank you for your help.”

“This is the only way to save him, so we must do our best, mustn’t we?”

Regina helped Eterna because this was the only way to bring Pathos back to life.

Therefore, Regina and Eterna had to give their all to this resurrection ritual.

This was the only method that could resurrect Pathos.

After decoding the necessary texts for the resurrection ritual, everything proceeded smoothly.

Regina mobilized her connections to gather the materials needed for Pathos’s resurrection.

Fortunately, the Gelebrio Imperial Family and the Imperial Chancellor provided direct assistance in gathering the materials.

“If it’s needed to resurrect Count Severio, I will cooperate fully.”

However, since the Chancellor was busy meeting with the heads of each noble house to prepare for the war against the Demon Cult, the Imperial Knights, under the Emperor’s orders, were tasked with gathering the materials.

“Materials needed for Count Severio’s resurrection? We will obtain them by any means necessary.”

Some of the items required for the resurrection ritual had to be sourced not from the Western Continent but from the Eastern Continent.

However, Regina knew someone who could quickly obtain such items…

“Sister? What brings you here?”

It was Cheon Hyeryeong, the leader of the Heavenly Horse Divine Sect and a candidate to be Pathos’s second wife.

She was curious about why Regina had visited her while she was busy preparing for war.

“I need these things to resurrect Pathos. Can you get them for me?”

“Items needed to resurrect my lord? If we have these, can I truly meet him again?”

“Yes. That’s why I’m asking you. You’re the only one who can obtain these items from where you are.”

The items needed for Pathos’s resurrection were the internal elixirs or byproducts of spiritual beasts living in the Eastern Continent.

These internal elixirs and byproducts contained tremendous natural energy, making them essential for the resurrection ritual.

“Don’t worry, Sister! I will definitely obtain these items!”

While preparing for the war against the Demon Cult, Cheon Hyeryeong hunted the spiritual beasts listed by Regina and prepared their internal elixirs and byproducts whenever she had time.

With her full effort, it took her about a week to secure the internal elixirs and byproducts.

A week later, she used the Heavenly Horse Dimensional Treasury to personally deliver the items she had obtained to Regina.

“Sister! I’ve brought all the items you requested!”

“All of these, in just a week?”

“These are needed to see my lord again—how could I gather them leisurely?”

Through this opportunity, Regina realized that Cheon Hyeryeong truly loved Pathos.

“I’ll contact you immediately if the resurrection ritual succeeds. If it fails… we’ll have to gather the materials again.”

“Don’t worry, Sister! We can always gather more materials!”

Cheon Hyeryeong asked Regina to conduct the ritual well and returned to the Eastern Continent using the Heavenly Horse Dimensional Treasury.

Now that all the items from the Eastern Continent had been gathered, all that remained was to perform the resurrection ritual.

Before the ritual, Regina deployed 150 layers of protective barriers to prevent anyone with impure intentions from disrupting the ceremony.

Additionally, Margrave Beventus personally came to the ritual site with his family’s knights to establish a defensive formation, and the Black Feathers also sent people to thoroughly secure the surroundings.

“I heard this is a ritual to resurrect Count Severio? I’ll help ensure the ritual isn’t disturbed.”

Even Serin Ekatos voluntarily participated to assist with the ritual.

“His Majesty the Emperor has issued an order. The entire area has been sealed off, so proceed with the ritual without worry.”

Emperor Dekadro IV also issued an imperial decree, ordering the Imperial Knights and imperial forces to completely seal off the area around the ritual site.

With the help of many people, all preparations for Pathos’s resurrection ritual were finally complete.

Eterna cleansed herself thoroughly with cold, clean water, then carefully approached the altar prepared for the ritual, wearing a clean white ceremonial robe.

All the offerings prepared for the ritual were placed in their designated positions.

Everything had been prepared based on the texts that Regina had interpreted with Shreka’s help.

Eterna knelt before the ritual altar.

Then she raised both arms.

As she lifted her arms, an enormous amount of holy power began to gather in them.

“……”

Eterna’s arms felt tremendous strain from the massive amount of holy power.

Unlike usual, the immense holy power was a heavy burden for her as she conducted the resurrection ritual.

Eterna realized this was proceeding exactly as described in the resurrection ritual texts.

The holy power that normally caused her no discomfort becoming a massive burden during the ritual signified how immensely valuable life itself was.

Therefore, the one conducting the resurrection ritual had to physically bear the weight of life’s value with their own body.

If someone else had conducted the resurrection ritual, it might have failed due to the weight of the holy power.

But not Eterna.

Before becoming a Holy Maiden, she had already been an Inquisitor who had crushed the heads of countless heretics.

Therefore, her body was far more trained than that of an ordinary knight.

Though she appeared gentle on the outside, her body was supported by formidable muscles hardened through actual combat.

That’s why Eterna was able to endure the weight of the holy power during the resurrection ritual.

But she absolutely did not allow her mind to wander.

For the ritual to succeed, she had to intensely visualize the person she wanted to resurrect.

How much time had passed since the ritual began?

Enough time had passed for the sweat dripping from Eterna’s forehead to form a puddle on the floor.

The sphere of holy power gathered above Eterna slowly began to move toward the altar.

Rope-like tendrils formed from the sphere of holy power positioned above the altar, extending in all directions to pull in the offerings.

As the offerings flew toward the sphere and were absorbed, the sphere of holy power began to rotate fiercely, creating a massive storm.

Despite being caught in the storm, Eterna did not waver, and soon the storm subsided as the sphere of holy power descended onto the altar.

The sphere that settled on the altar slowly began to change, starting to take on a human form.

The sphere of holy power developed arms and legs, then a head, and gradually began to form facial features.

After the facial features formed, hair-like structures appeared, and simultaneously, the sphere was absorbed into the body, finally completing the human form.

“Did it… succeed?”

As the weight of the holy power that had been pressing down on her disappeared, Eterna lifted her head and looked at the altar.

There lay an Asian man with black hair.

The face was someone Eterna knew well.

“Ah, aah… aaaah!”

As soon as Eterna confirmed the man’s face, she rushed over and embraced him.

“Thank goodness, thank goodness… the ritual succeeded! It succeeded!”

She was genuinely overjoyed.

The man she loved had finally been resurrected.

She could feel him breathing in and out, and his warm body temperature.

This meant that Pathos was alive.

“Mmm…”

And soon, Pathos opened his eyes.

“Eterna?”

“Yes, Lord Pathos… it’s me, Eterna. Do you recognize me?”

When Pathos recognized her, Eterna shed tears of joy.

“What’s going on, Eterna? What happ—oh…”

Regina entered the ritual site when she heard the commotion, wondering what had happened, and discovered the resurrected Pathos.

She immediately threw aside her staff and ran to embrace Pathos.

“Ah, aah… you’re alive. You’re alive…”

Regina could only hold Pathos and cry endlessly.

All Pathos could do was gently stroke the back of Regina, who was holding him and crying.