Ch.327Chapter 327 – The God is Evicted Once Again

In a certain place within the Kingdom of Mikea.

Diana, who was with Kara, looked at her as she stared blankly into space.

“…Kara, what’s wrong?”

“…Someone is asking for help.”

Without answering Diana’s question, Kara quietly clasped her hands together.

Diana frowned.

“Help?”

“Chris is trying to drive away an evil god that has manifested in this land.”

What nonsense is this? Diana tilted her head in confusion.

“…I don’t know what you’re talking about, but hurry and get ready. We have work to do for Princess Liriel.”

“I don’t have much to prepare.”

“Don’t talk back. Just do as you’re told.”

Diana spoke like a grandmother scolding her granddaughter.

Kara smiled slightly at this sight.

Then she carefully asked:

“Do you really think this is something Princess Liriel ordered?”

“…Well, it doesn’t seem like something she would have thought of. It’s too random.”

Diana said this and then fell into thought for a moment.

“It might be that count. The one who joined last.”

“Are you referring to Count Metis?”

“Yes. He just recently arrived, and since he’s been providing such good information and advice, the princess trusts him greatly.”

“So you’re saying that count ordered this errand.”

“Come now, enough chatting. Let’s get going. That girl from the magic tower will be angry. She already looked quite tired.”

“You mean Asam?”

“That was her name. …She’s quite capable, so she keeps getting called everywhere. I feel sorry for her.”

Diana muttered that she seemed to have been up for several nights in a row.

“Anyway, hurry and get ready, for that poor girl’s sake too.”

“Understood.”

As she watched Diana prepare her weapons, Kara smiled slightly and clasped her hands together.

“…By the time we arrive, everything will probably be over.”

Even so, she felt she needed to go.

It was just a feeling, but for some reason, that’s what Kara thought.

Kara quietly knelt down.

And then.

Golden divine power began to gather around her.

It was the same clear golden light as Chris’s.

“If she asks her believer for help, then it is only right that a believer who has been saved by her should help her.”

Therefore.

“‘I offer my prayer to my goddess.'”

A sphere of golden divine power formed from Kara.

Looking at the sphere, Kara smiled gently.

“My being here, my being dissolved into this place—it’s all thanks to you and your companions.”

“…So, I will gladly help you.”

The golden sphere rose toward the sky.

“My goddess, Chris.”

“As your saint, I pray that I may be of help to you.”

The sphere continued to rise toward the sky.

And the blue sky, which had been red just days ago, accepted the sphere.

“Glory be to the Goddess of Salvation.”

With Kara’s blessing, the golden sphere dissolved and disappeared into the sky as if being transmitted somewhere.

+

“…This is.”

Chris’s divine power was overflowing everywhere.

Golden divine power was vibrating everywhere as if blessing the surroundings, and everyone except Emiris was looking around at that divine power.

“I never thought I’d see this ritual while still alive…”

“Oh God…”

The holy knights of the Emiris Order, who had been begging Emiris for mercy until just now, were now bowing and praying toward Chris.

And starting with them, everyone around began showing reverence to the divine in their own way.

Meanwhile, Chris was quietly glaring at Emiris.

Emiris was also glaring back at Chris with wide eyes.

And soon Emiris muttered in a voice filled with anger.

[That bitch… not content with defying me…]

As if something extremely displeasing had happened, Emiris continued to mutter.

During this time, Chris, with a golden halo shining behind her, slowly descended to our side.

And as if she had realized something, she quietly muttered while gripping her stone staff.

“…So that’s why I felt a slight sense of dissonance a few days ago.”

“Chris?”

I quietly asked Chris, who was emanating a faint halo.

Chris, with an expression that somehow looked joyful, smiled and said:

“You’ll find out later. Why I was able to create a sacred domain that can only be activated by gathering the divine power of believers.”

After saying this, Chris’s expression became resolute again.

“The sacred domain is a holy barrier that maximizes my divine power.”

As if reciting a passage from somewhere, Chris looked at Emiris and said:

“I can do even this easily.”

Chris tapped the ground once with her stone staff.

Then, voices began to be heard from around us.

“The wounds…”

“Captain, the wounded soldiers’ injuries are healing!”

It was from the resistance forces.

The wounds of the injured who hadn’t yet been evacuated were healing.

And it wasn’t just them.

Among those in this space, the wounds of those who had suffered injuries, both major and minor, were healing.

“Even us?”

“…Is this the grace of the goddess…”

Even among Florence’s and the kingdom’s soldiers, and even the holy knights of the Emiris Order, Chris seemed to have healed them, if only slightly.

Once again, they began to show reverence to Chris.

Naturally, Eve and Sera’s minor wounds had disappeared as well, and I could feel my body becoming a bit more comfortable.

The wounds that had formed while fighting to protect Chris just moments ago began to heal.

“How convenient.”

“…It requires an enormous amount of divine power to activate and can’t be maintained for long, so it’s not very efficient.”

After saying this, Chris looked at Emiris.

It was a cold expression rarely seen on her face.

“But it’s enough to drive you out, Emiris.”

[Don’t bluff, you damned fake…!]

Emiris was furious.

And yet, she couldn’t do anything.

[How dare you denounce me, the omnipotent one, as an evil god? You’re quite foul-mouthed for a fake…!]

“Can you casually use the word ‘omnipotent’ while struggling against a fake?”

Chris pointed her stone staff at Emiris.

“From the beginning, I knew that gods could die. …I knew that no matter how divine, nothing can be truly omnipotent.”

Chris spoke toward Emiris.

“Above all, if you were truly omnipotent, you wouldn’t have threatened to abandon your people to drive us away. Because you would be capable of anything.”

[You…!]

“That’s enough, Emiris. Within my sacred domain, you are an evil god.”

After saying this, Chris struck the ground with her stone staff.

“Within this sacred domain, I do not recognize your divine power.”

With those words.

Emiris, in Hakan’s body, widened her eyes.

[You…!]

“Since I don’t recognize it, you can no longer send divine power to that body.”

With those words, the silver divine power truly began to lose its light.

It was as if the source supplying the power had been cut off.

“And in this space, your divine power will now perish.”

Emiris’s power was disappearing within Chris’s sacred domain.

“I will not tolerate the existence of an impure god.”

[You damned woman, then…!]

Realizing she couldn’t stall any longer, the light from Emiris’s body intensified.

[I’ll explode right now!]

It seemed that because she had infused so much power, it would take time for it to disappear even within Chris’s sacred domain.

Emiris still had a chance to attack.

[I’ll blow you all away, you and all these insects here…!]

Emiris began to fluctuate as if about to explode.

“…I’ll stop her with this!”

Sera threw what looked like a bomb toward Emiris.

And as the bomb exploded, something like glowing powder spread from it.

For a moment, Emiris’s light weakened.

[…Think you can interfere…!]

Emiris shouted as if in agony.

The temporarily weakened light flickered several times before barely returning to its original brightness.

[Damn girl…! Are you trying to drown me like Maria did…!]

“It worked for a moment, but too bad.”

Sera looked slightly disgruntled, wondering why Emiris was mentioning her grandmother.

Emiris continued to shout.

[Enough now, in my world, your existence is unnecessary! Disappear, you useless noise!]

“Calling it your world seems a bit arrogant.”

I said to Emiris.

And then.

“There are plenty of people in this world who can manage just fine without you, or any god for that matter.”

[You bastard…!]

Emiris shouted.

I gathered power in my armor to attack her.

Once more, to pierce through her…

“That won’t work, Kay.”

Eve quietly said.

“Eve?”

“…Unfortunately, if you use your power now, it will be too late.”

Because the enemy is equally on guard, Eve quietly explained.

She must have seen a bit of the immediate future.

“So I need to gather more power.”

I began to concentrate, thinking I needed to gather more of the dragon’s power.

Then, Sera spoke:

“Kay, wait a moment!”

“Sera?”

“Please save your strength.”

After saying this, Sera took a deep breath.

In a slightly frustrated voice, she said:

“With that weapon in Chris’s sacred domain…”

Sera quietly looked at my halberd as she spoke.

And I too could understand what Sera was saying.

My weapon can hold Chris’s divine power.

Similar to what Emiris did to Hakan, we could continuously infuse Chris’s divine power into this weapon.

In other words.

“You want me to borrow Chris’s power.”

Sera nodded, and Eve nodded as well.

And perhaps having heard our conversation, Chris looked at me and said:

“Now, let’s end this.”

Chris extended her hand toward me.

And a massive amount of divine power began to flow into me.

“All we can do at this moment is cheer you on, but…”

“We’ll still be by your side.”

Eve and Sera quietly said.

Thinking that was more than enough.

With a slight smile, I said:

“Then, let’s finish this.”

I raised my halberd.

I channeled all the massive divine power Chris sent into my halberd.

And seeing this, Emiris enlarged her barrier and shouted:

[It’s useless, I’ll explode faster than your power can gather…!]

Emiris’s light began to shine more ominously.

[I won’t go down easily. I absolutely won’t go down easily, damn you…!]

‘How noisy.’

I was slightly annoyed, but Emiris wasn’t wrong.

Although I was focusing Chris’s massive divine power into my weapon, it wasn’t enough yet to break through the barrier protecting Emiris.

To break it completely, I needed more charge.

I needed to gather more power.

‘Another way.’

I quickly searched for another method.

I looked at Eve, Sera, and Chris in turn.

Then at the halberd in my hand.

And I remembered the time with Ferarius.

‘Come to think of it, I’ve used three powers simultaneously before.’

At that time, albeit briefly.

There was a moment when magic, dragon power, and divine power were mixed together.

‘It was when I pierced through Emiris.’

It was when I received Chris’s blessing and summoned the dragon armor and magic to focus on my weapon.

I remembered that the three powers didn’t repel each other.

That’s why I was able to pierce through Emiris’s body with Chris’s blessing added on top.

If that’s the case, perhaps.

I thought that I might be able to mix the three powers and amplify them using my ability to amplify magic.

‘There’s no logic or evidence for this.’

But there was no reason not to at least try.

I gradually mixed my magic and dragon power into the divine power flowing in.

And I amplified them together.

‘It works.’

Not as much as with magic alone, but I could definitely feel the power being amplified.

I did the same with the divine power flowing in from Chris again, and amplified it again.

I kept amplifying it.

I focused the power to shatter that shell of divine power.

As she became a god and spread this sacred domain, I continued to receive divine power from her, and kept growing and growing it by that much.

‘Focus.’

The condensed divine power felt like a weapon.

It felt like the halberd I was now holding.

I continued to amplify the power.

And finally, when I felt I had reached the critical point I could handle.

I released the amplified power.

And gripped it with all my might.

[What…]

The golden divine power took the shape of a halberd.

I could see Emiris looking surprised.

[What are you doing now…!]

“You can see for yourself.”

I smiled at Emiris, who was integrated with Hakan and looking surprised.

“I’m going to crack your skull, oh omnipotent god.”

With that, I put strength into both legs and swung the giant golden halberd.

The halberd touched the shell Emiris had spread.

And then, the sound of breaking glass began to be heard continuously.

I could see Emiris’s eyes trembling.

Meanwhile, the giant golden halberd was easily breaking through Emiris’s barrier.

And then.

[I… again… to such people…!]

As Emiris began to make bizarre sounds, a bursting sound was heard once.

[Anyway… my goal… achieved…!]

Emiris shouted while struggling.

During this time, the halberd was bisecting Emiris.

[Next time… won’t be… so easy…!]

As Emiris screamed in desperation at that moment.

Finally, the giant golden halberd completely bisected Emiris.