Ch.22. Lisia

Lisia was a character I particularly adored among the other believers.

Not only were her base stats good, but the “Deep Faith” trait she possessed was quite helpful.

In other words, it was like a currency duplication bug.

After spending my hard-earned money spinning the gacha, my meeting with Lisia was finally realized.

When a believer works diligently for the order or offers prayers, their faith level increases, which benefits me as well.

Lisia was the epitome of a model student to me.

She worked hard and prayed diligently. How could I possibly dislike her?

The activities I’m referring to here mean sacred combat that involves actual physical force.

In other words, what some might call a holy war.

To put it differently, despite her delicate frame, Lisia is extremely skilled in combat.

-CRASH!

As I’m witnessing right now, she can handle multiple enemies on her own without breaking a sweat.

However, the situation itself is fundamentally unfavorable.

“These bastards.”

Ganging up on a beautiful woman—how could such sacrilege exist!

But Lisia didn’t yield to such hardships and continued to move skillfully.

Wielding a massive weapon as tall as herself, she deftly deflected attacks.

Even amid the chaos, she managed to counterattack through the gaps in their defense.

As her patron deity, I couldn’t help but applaud her clean combat sense.

But at this rate, it was only natural that Lisia would be at a disadvantage.

While it’s true that Lisia is exceptionally strong, the enemy forces hadn’t shown their true capabilities yet.

I examined the appearance of the attackers.

The gloomy atmosphere I’d seen many times before, and the familiar emblem.

“It’s the Black Sun.”

A white sun on a black background is their emblem and symbol.

But if that’s the case, shouldn’t it be called the White Sun? They just call themselves whatever they want.

They were a religious faction that had been at odds with our order many times.

I had crushed them so thoroughly when I was playing that I couldn’t even look them in the eye, and now they dare to gang up on my believer?

As I always did, I manipulated the window and touched the name “Lisia.”

“Name: Lisia

Magic 9 Strength 7 Agility 6 Intelligence 8 Mental Power 10″

As her impressive stats appeared, a brief summary of her current condition also popped up.

“Faith level is significantly low.”

“Due to low faith level, penalties are applied to stats.”

“What.”

Looking again, some of her stats indeed had minuses attached to them.

A sudden situation had arisen.

“Uh-oh.”

And as soon as I felt that sense of crisis, the movements of the Black Sun members quickened.

Having roughly gauged her, they began to exploit Lisia’s weaknesses in earnest.

With the suddenly changed atmosphere, Lisia’s expression grew urgent, and the range of attacks she allowed through widened.

-BOOM!

Finally, Lisia, cornered, took a hit and was slammed against the prayer room wall.

Those damn bastards.

I immediately decided to take action.

“Would you like to use ‘Revelation’ on the believer, Lisia?”

Revelation.

One of the auxiliary measures a player can bestow upon their believers.

It temporarily provides additional values to faith and stats.

“Accept immediately.”

Since she was forcibly bearing a risk due to the penalty, I needed to normalize her condition with my revelation.

“Using ‘Revelation’ on the believer, Lisia.”

“The believer, Lisia’s faith level increases.”

“The believer, Lisia’s stats are temporarily enhanced.”

The status window immediately responded.

Checking her stats again, I could see that they had not only recovered from the negative values but had risen into the positive range.

“Okay.”

But the anomaly didn’t end there.

“The believer, Lisia recognizes the existence of her patron deity.”

“The trait ‘Deep Faith’ is activated.

▶Stats are significantly increased!

▶Divine power is enhanced!”

“Oh.”

Lisia’s trait, Deep Faith.

It’s a trait that gives a higher weight to the mutual relationship with the player.

It’s quite efficient, which is why she was always my favorite filial character.

Lisia, who had been knocked down, stood up perfectly fine, with a subtle divine aura swirling around her body.

Now I can breathe a sigh of relief.

Even if they are priests of the Black Sun, they aren’t strong enough to defeat an enhanced Lisia.

My order wasn’t one to crumble so easily.

-Hissss….

But the anomaly didn’t end there.

“Huh?”

A red energy began to mix into the divine light that had been flickering with sacred radiance.

I recognized that.

“Due to the trait ‘Deep Faith,’ a sealed special ability is activated.”

“Special ability ‘Hound of the Underground’ is activated.

▶Strength stat is significantly increased!

▶Damage received from hostile forces is reduced.”

Right, I had momentarily forgotten due to all the chaos.

Lisia’s hidden special ability.

Hound of the Underground.

Her special ability stems from her gloomy background.

To summarize briefly, the more she fights, the more her stats are enhanced.

Where else can you find such an overpowered character?

Isn’t this the charm of gacha games?

Considering all the resources I’ve spent, this level of overpoweredness is quite understandable.

-THUD.

She hones her restrained ferocity into sharpness.

Now, in the prayer room, a sacred beast was lurking.

Detecting the anomaly, the priests of the Black Sun began to back away stealthily.

“Not a chance.”

I felt like the protagonist of Pokemon, in perfect sync with Lisia.

“Take them all down.”

Lisia, responding to my emotions, lunged at the enemies.

“….!”

After shaking off the dust from her body, she immediately rushed toward her target.

The atmosphere had changed incomparably from before.

In an instant, the previously disadvantageous situation was reversed.

If before it felt like a raid against Lisia, now it was like watching herbivores being hunted.

The enemies couldn’t keep up with Lisia’s speed, and soon one of them was knocked down by her attack.

The priest, who was flung away with twice the impact Lisia had suffered, never got up again.

“Black Sun Priests (1/9)”

A status panel rose up with perfect timing.

It was news that one of them had passed away. It meant they had completely retired.

“That’s right!”

Bastards, if you’re going to try to kill someone, you should be prepared to die yourself.

How dare they target our filial Lisia.

The one-sided hunt continued after that.

On the screen, Lisia was rampaging like a beast, turning the tide of battle.

She dodged daggers nimbly like a tiger, and when cornered, she approached the enemies flexibly like a snake, calmly targeting their blind spots.

Wow, she’s really doing it.

For someone like me who struggles to touch my toes with my palms, she seemed like a person from a completely different world.

The weapon she’s wielding also adds to Lisia’s intimidation.

Her weapon is the beloved sword, ‘Divine Cross,’ which I personally equipped her with in the game.

A sharp sword in the shape of a cross.

Thanks to Lisia’s performance, I gladly handed over the weapon I cherished most from my storage.

-SLASH!

Just now, another one of their forces departed to the Lord’s side.

“Black Sun Priests (2/9)”

The wicked group continued to be hunted by Lisia.

I hope they don’t come to me, but go to another constellation instead.

No men, please.

The red light was gradually fading, indicating the enemies’ disadvantage.

By the time their numbers were down to about three.

Finally, the attackers gave up on taking Lisia’s life and began to leave.

“Idiots.”

They should have fled the moment Lisia was enhanced.

It’s truly a remarkable intelligence issue that they were still gauging her even at that moment.

“…..”

Now that the battle is over.

Lisia, perhaps feeling a deep resonance, had been kneeling for a long time, offering prayers to me.

She’s beautiful.

Not just externally, but her sincere attitude of serving me to the end was undeniably beautiful.

Is this what the industry calls internal intimacy?

It was undoubtedly a bond that transcended dimensions between game and reality.

“That charming thing.”

I’d like to share equipment or resources from my storage, but right now, I’m overwhelmed just trying to understand the system.

“Lisia has achieved a new achievement!”

“You receive rewards due to the believer’s performance.”

“Faith level +90!”

“Oh.”

Players can use the faith points farmed by believers to enhance their abilities.

Then, isn’t now the most appropriate time to bestow a worthy reward on Lisia?

“Lisia offers prayers to you with a devout heart.”

“Lisia deeply loves you.”

“Oh, my baby.”

I immediately manipulated the system to browse the reward system.

“Would you like to bless ‘Lisia’ using faith points?”

Blessing.

It’s the unique term for the reward system given to believers.

“Of course I will.”

I decided to bless Lisia without hesitation.

“Due to your blessing, ‘Lisia’s’ stats have been permanently increased slightly.”

-Shiver.

I can see Lisia trembling with joy on the screen.

She then stood up again and began walking somewhere with a determined expression.

She’s probably moving to announce my existence.

“…But.”

Who’s going to fix the destroyed prayer room?

“Would you like to restore the damaged monastery using faith points?”

“Ah.”

That was entirely my responsibility.

“Phew.”

Looking at my monastery being smoothly repaired, I thought about the situation ahead.

For now, I’ve neatly overcome the immediate crisis, but what should I do next?

…Obviously, I need to regain my lost form.

This is my religion that I created, and my status.

It was a faith that I built so that no one in the world could treat it lightly, and it was my sanctuary.

From the background I heard when I was first dragged here, my religion, which was like my blood and flesh, was in crisis.

“Look at these.”

I’m not sure how the timeline is constructed, but it seemed like a world from a time when I was briefly absent.

But I won’t neglect it anymore.

It was clear that my top priority was to raise my fallen form back to the highest level.

I was contentedly watching Lisia’s elegant departing figure when I belatedly began to explore the system a bit more.

“Constellation, ‘Incarnation of the Black Sun’ notices your existence.”

“Constellation, ‘Incarnation of the Black Sun’ is angry at you!”

“…Huh?”

And so, I ended up having an unexpected fan meeting.

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-Do you still persist in false faith?

When she was slammed against the prayer room wall and felt her life in danger.

And when she was helplessly knocked down while her beloved patron deity was being insulted.

What filled Lisia’s heart was a tearing grief and anger.

‘Father God.’

If I could feel your existence again, I would gladly dedicate the rest of my life to you.

It was a wretched life that would have perished long ago if it weren’t for Him.

Lisia was always ready to die for her god.

And now.

Lisia, who had successfully driven away the priests of the Black Sun while regaining her forgotten divine position.

She stood still for a while, savoring the lingering emotions to her heart’s content.

He has returned. My Lord, everyone’s Father.

“Haah, phew.”

Lisia composed herself with excited breaths.

This is not the time to be like this.

She had to stop her pilgrimage in search of Him and return to the center of the order.

She had to go and convey that they had not been abandoned.

In Lisia’s mind, the image of the crumbling believers appeared.

The vampire who willingly chose the right path, or the heretical saintess.

She had to preach His existence to them as soon as possible.

Even to her own eyes, those two were in the most dangerous state in the current situation.

‘Still.’

She was the first to be chosen by Him.

Lisia set out on her return journey with a very slight (?) sense of superiority.