Ch.2525. It Was a Festival

Undead.

In a world where magical power and divine power exist, they’re quite a regrettable element to leave out.

If there are believers to nurture, naturally there should be monsters to provide experience points, right?

‘What timing.’

It feels like the board is set up for me to use the Holy Sword I just obtained.

Or maybe that’s just how I perceive it.

I was already itching to use the equipment I just acquired.

‘Let me check on the kids’ condition too.’

The Hero’s side… would probably be difficult to deploy in actual combat yet, but the Sword Saintess is different.

She just suffered a crushing defeat from Lisia, but with my guidance, she could quickly become stronger.

First, let’s check the believers’ positions.

Lisia, the Sword Saintess, and the Hero are relatively close to each other.

And I can see a flustered Belladis rapidly approaching me from far away.

Going further, expanding the map to cover a wider area.

“Oh, they really came prepared.”

I could see red dots, too numerous to count at a glance, being generated in real-time and approaching this direction.

If undead are monsters, and their constellation is…

“Prophet of Fleshless Death”

The protagonist with a name dripping with pretentiousness, trying to sound cool all by himself.

Known as “Flesh Lover” in the community, he was the constellation of the undead faction.

Since I had to engage with him multiple times for progression purposes, I knew this guy very well.

‘I thought I finished him off back then.’

After dealing with the last Life Vessel and his forces, story-wise, that Flesh Lover bastard’s presence was practically eliminated.

But undead will be undead, and it seems he’s succeeded in raising new forces from somewhere.

‘Really persistent.’

If we’re talking about life efficiency, they would undoubtedly rank first among all races.

‘But they’re not pretty.’

They obviously look smelly and dirty.

For someone like me who was as serious about appearance customization as story progression and advancement…

Those horrible appearances were definitely deal-breakers.

So I cut them down, again and again.

To transform into a clean force of beautiful living believers and the gallant paladins who follow them.

“Father God…!”

Suddenly, a shadow bulged up and rose, revealing Belladis.

“Another constellation’s forces are invading…!”

“Yeah.”

The vampire-attribute believer tensed up at the arrival of a being of different caliber, making eye contact with me.

I calmed her down by patting her head, slowly conveying my intention.

“I was just wanting to experiment with something, so this is perfect. They came at just the right time.”

“Ah…?”

“Don’t worry, Vera. Leave it to me.”

“…!”

Vera shows a smile full of trust without even properly understanding the situation.

-Whoosh!

I pressed the skill tab and overlaid divine power onto Vera’s body.

Of course, it was the type with anti-undead properties.

Actually, each of my skills is fatal to the undead.

Since my build focuses on love, blessing, and healing…

To undead who possess opposing properties, my existence must look like a nuclear bomb.

‘Hurray for the pacifist route.’

This current playthrough focuses on the power to save rather than the power to kill.

Peace is truly the best.

「Incarnation of the Black Sun: Pacifist route…?」

‘You don’t need to know.’

「Child of the Lost Star: It seems they’re seizing an opportunity.」

When I briefly opened the chat window, two constellations seized the chance to reveal their presence.

Among them, the opinion of the “Child of the Lost Star,” nicknamed Star Child, catches my attention.

‘What opportunity?’

「They’ve been subtly checking me before. They wiped out an entire village with a child born with the talent of the “Sword Saintess.”」

As expected of a constellation, their methods are extremely brutal.

‘So they just wiped them out completely.’

「Child of the Lost Star: My child’s power and the Holy Sword have very troublesome properties for them.」

‘I bet.’

It’s damage that makes even other constellations suffer, so how much worse must it be for the undead?

That makes me even more excited.

‘They don’t know, do they?’

「Child of the Lost Star: Definitely not. If they knew, they would never have dared to show themselves.」

Star Child agrees with my opinion.

Confirming that makes my heart race even more.

They don’t know about my existence, nor that the Holy Sword is here.

‘If this isn’t an experience point event, what is it?’

With the large-scale flirting invasion underway, I was completely captivated.

“Aah….”

Vera’s face fills with ecstasy from the overlaid divine power.

“For now, just deal with those coming from the wall first. Don’t advance first under any circumstances.”

After setting the stage so nicely, I can’t give it all to Belladis.

“As the Lord God wills.”

“Oh, and.”

I checked the map and roughly estimated.

Do we really need Belladis’s paladin order?

She alone could hold them off to some extent, but if the knight order is deployed, it would be a complete massacre.

‘We absolutely must not reveal our existence.’

“Position the knight order inside the walls to prepare for variables.”

“Yes…!”

I can’t cut off the entrance to these experience point masses that are happily rushing toward us.

If they confirm the stationed paladin order, they’ll immediately withdraw their forces, which is obvious.

As Belladis left, I also moved to prepare for this event.

“F-Father God…!”

Starting with the King of Regalium, whose complexion had turned pale.

“I’ll handle this.”

Before he could even rise from his seat, and before he could prepare to mobilize the kingdom’s army.

I conveyed my intention first with a benevolent smile.

“Oh…! Father God, please watch over these poor lambs…!”

“Hehehehe.”

‘Don’t interfere. They’re all mine.’

Emergency meeting due to the crisis or whatever, I’ll set up the board first.

「Incarnation of the Black Sun: I, I don’t know anything…」

‘What’s he saying suddenly.’

While lightly ignoring Black Sun’s incomprehensible words, now it’s finally time.

“My children.”

It was time to meet our new believers, whom I had to pocket due to the meeting with Star Child.

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“U-undead are coming…!”

“And not just a few…! Bilan who came back from hunting saw it clearly! They’re coming in army-sized groups…!”

“Then, are we all going to die…?”

“Die? What are you talking about!”

The Sword Saintess and Lisia were bewildered, abandoned on the roadside after the guards escorting them had rushed off somewhere urgently.

It wasn’t easy to follow the unfolding situation, and the rumors they heard around them were alarming.

“…Undead?”

Lisia and Herien looked at each other with confused expressions.

The blue-haired believer, despite being confused by the changed divine power within her, tried to move to stop the situation.

-Tap!

“Wait, where are you…”

“…I must stop them!”

“What do you think you can do alone? And…”

The change in divine power wasn’t felt by Lisia alone.

How could she not recognize it?

The familiar divine power she felt from a stranger’s body.

‘…This too.’

It must be the will of her constellation and Lord God.

Lisia pushed the Sword Saintess back and tried to step forward herself.

“Please step back. I’ll go.”

“No! You step back! If it’s undead, with my power, I can definitely…!”

For undead, the power of the Holy Sword is nothing short of their antithesis.

Just by confronting them and touching them, she could return their existence to nothingness.

It would be more than enough help to prepare for the immediate crisis.

But Lisia coldly assessed her condition.

“In your current physical state, you’d be more of a hindrance.”

“…!”

“So—”

As the confrontation between the two believers was reaching its end.

An indescribable divine power began to bloom in Lisia’s mind.

“Ah, ah…”

The moment she felt it, it was as if every cell in her body awakened, and her blurred vision seemed to clear.

“What…?”

As Lisia’s expression, which had been firm while blocking her, gradually softened into something foolish, Herien sensed something off about her.

“…Ha!”

Soon, Lisia snapped out of the dreamlike sensation, quickly regained her senses, and grabbed the Sword Saintess’s arm.

“W-what? Just now…”

“This is not the time.”

“What…? No, what are you—”

“Just now, Father God bestowed a revelation upon me.”

Revelation.

A guidance, like enlightenment, that a constellation gives to their believer.

“He told me to stop the undead army with you.”

“What are you suddenly—”

“Follow me.”

“Wait a moment…!”

With such an unreasonable demand, and with such formidable strength…

The Sword Saintess’s body, caught in her grip, was helplessly dragged toward the wall.

“No…! You need to give me a proper explanation…!”

“You dare say an explanation is needed for the Lord God’s revelation? Unacceptable!”

“This stupid believer, really…!”

Matching the kingdom’s knight order all heading toward the wall, Lisia also walked with unwavering steps.

The Sword Saintess beside her was being dragged along with an expression that seemed to ask if this was right.

“W-wait. This is dangerous—”

The stationed kingdom soldiers tried to stop their unexpected appearance, but.

“Don’t interfere!”

“Ugh…!”

They couldn’t block the tremendous strength coming from that delicate frame.

-Stop the undead army invasion with the Sword Saintess.

The clear revelation transmitted to Lisia’s mind.

There was no doubt.

With such a mindset, here and now.

-Rumble rumble rumble!

They faced the undead army advancing with ground-shaking steps from far away.

The Sword Saintess, despite being dragged along with a confused expression until now, adopted a serious attitude in the face of the approaching threat.

“So many of them…!”

“If left unchecked, the kingdom will surely face great danger.”

Lisia offered a simple but heavy observation from beside her.

“Is it really true that the Absolute One’s revelation guided us two here?”

“Doubt is blasphemy.”

Lisia turns to Herien with sharp eyes.

Startled by that gaze, Herien felt wronged.

‘No, at least tell me what’s going on…’

And at that moment.

-Whoosh!!

Divine power gathered from the sky, and a brilliant light fell before everyone.

「Using skill, ‘Divine Manifestation’!」