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CLXIII.

Unlike the basic four elemental spirits, there are spirits that cannot be contracted with the spirit summoning circle, and the method of making a contract is not even known. Unlike the four elemental spirits, these spirits actively seek out the spirit master and make their presence known.

Sometimes that method can be a dream, and other times it can involve some physical force.

So in some cases, there are people who do not recognize that it is a special spirit and, assuming it to be the work of a ghost, go to the temple to exorcise it.

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Among these, the spirit of light is known to have the ability to negate, purify, and heal all evil beings.

Here, the term ‘special being’ is a comprehensive term that includes all beings that deviate from ‘order’ or ‘causality’, including undead that are weak to divine power.

― From Evergreen Academy’s ‘Advanced Spiritualism’ class

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The darkest moment.

The moment just before the sun rises is called dawn.

It was as if a being called God had created and planned this scene, and it was a situation where he would have claimed that the desperate situation up until just now was a lie.

Bright light.

Right now, at this very moment, a light has risen that is comparable to the sun.

A special Doom Knight named by Daedalus as the Incarnation of Doom, the highest level of undead that maintained its vitality even after Gray’s attacks, continuously pours out black smoke from its body and lets out a scream of pain that is definitely different from before.

“Ah?”

But what I’m most surprised about at this moment isn’t just that fucking Doom Knight, that fucking steel-can prince bastard, is suffering.

I was surprised that the person who caused this transfer was Catherine.

“Case… Lin?”

– Hehehe. Oppa.

The quasi-superhuman’s eyesight was such that he could see Catherine lying on the ground, but the light was so bright that he thought he could hear Catherine’s laughter.

Of course, it wasn’t actually Catherine’s voice. It was literally an illusion.

It is a light that resembles Catherine’s personality and disposition, like the warm sunlight of a spring day, a light that makes you feel considerate and gives in to the person you love while smiling brightly.

[It’s been a while. Luminare.]

The punishment’s greeting is heard through the still open power channel of the card master. The thoughts that the punishment had while speaking must have flowed into the channel.

also,

– It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, Commander of the Knights of the Fall of Evil.

Catherine’s cry of Luminare, whether it was her name or not, can also be heard as the sun, a mass of light, responds to the punishment’s greeting.

[Luminare? What’s that ball of light called?]

[Master! Are you okay?]

[Ahh. Thanks to that light. I can breathe a sigh of relief.]

[Is that so? That’s fortunate. That’s really fortunate. Ah! That child is the spirit of light, Luminare.]

And just like when I received the information about the Doom Knight, the information about the Light Spirit came into my head quickly.

Spirit of light.

Even within the spirit world, they are quite secretive spirits.

The Punisher’s opinion of this spirit of light was that he was a ‘versatile buffer and priest.’

Even spirits get sick and hurt.

Sometimes, spirits are captured by the demons and experimented on, becoming contaminated.

In fact, there is a reason why Ifrit, the Fire Spirit King, causes trouble in the Demon World from time to time whenever he feels like it. It is said that it is because of the actions of the Demons.

Anyway, in such cases, the spirit of light is the one who heals the spirit and removes the curse.

― Also, I finally give you my formal greetings. Precious beings. Clan of Light. Luminare.

“Me? Me?”

While I was processing the information I received from the Spirit of Light in my head, I felt a gaze fall on me.

But when I heard her say something about a noble being, I couldn’t help but point to myself and ask her that question as Luminare bowed politely and clasped her hands in front of her belly button in a way that didn’t fit the situation.

Even if it was a little bit groping.

Precious being?

No way.

Me, an orphan from Kresti?

“Huh?”

Luminare smiled instead of answering. And with that smile, the warm light that flowed out of Luminare touched her body, and she was once again surprised by the vitality and divine power that quickly surged up within her.

“Oh!?”

It seems that the evaluation of the strongest buffer of the punishment and the priest was not limited to the spirits.

―Krrr!!!

―Kiaaa!!

…

…

The screams of Doom Knights nearby and unknown beings far away can be heard from all directions, piercing to the eardrums.

A woman who greets me with such politeness, courtesy, and neatness, even though she is the one who caused the situation.

Luminare, who is wearing a one-piece dress that resembles a hanbok, with a narrow waist and wide bottom and embroidered with pure white sunflowers, shows no sign of tension or anger on her face.

“Uh, so, Catherine’s?”

– Yes.

“Then why can’t Catherine come to her senses? Is she okay?”

Leaving the Doom Knight behind, who seemed too busy screaming and groaning in pain to look around, he approached Catherine and carefully picked her up from the ground, asking.

– Yes. She did a great job and acted courageously. Please don’t leave her alone.

“That’s obvious. But what about this?”

I asked back, looking at the glowing halo on my arm,

“Buff here, debuff there?”

– Yes, that’s correct.

Luminare nods her head strongly with confidence and self-assurance.

[Did you hear that? That’s what happened?]

[Yeah! Oppa! I’m already ready! Let’s all die!! Sigh!]

How long have you been waiting to hear May’s cute anger?

Flash―!

“Brother!”

May, the Arcanas, and the Two-horned Ones appeared before me with a bright light. Uncle Joseph, Auntie Papi, Old Man Shadow, Pope Judas, and the superhuman women, of course.

Those who were about to rush towards me stopped one by one in front of me as they saw Catherine being held in a princess-like embrace.

“Is Catherine okay?”

“Yeah. I think the light spirit that made the contract will be okay?”

“Thank goodness. Huh?”

Could it be because May was Catherine’s closest friend?

She looks worriedly at Catherine, who is unconscious and in my arms, and then sighs in relief at my answer.

“Catherine, you seem a little big? Oppa?”

“Huh?”

Now that I think about it, she’s grown a lot, not just a little. She used to be a cute kid, but now she’s almost like a young lady.

“Really… … ?”

Can a person change so suddenly?

The personality may be like that, but the body type?

But I couldn’t continue thinking about it.

“Is that guy?”

“Huh?”

Because the punishment was like that, asking endless questions while making a fuss about the murder.

“Is that the guy who dared to attack the Master, causing him to scream?”

Hey, punishment? Not quite a scream, but more like a slight yelp? Just a sudden surprise attack that took my breath away, like, ‘Huh?!’

I never screamed or anything?

“What? That’s it? The one that made us scream?”

The clown got angry and said,

“After dismembering and examining the body, I will grind the bones into pieces and feed them to the goblins.”

As the witch reacted, all the Arcana simultaneously emitted a stream of life energy.

“There, that’s not the scream.”

“You bad guy! Are you sick a lot, oppa?”

“No, I screamed over there… … .”

“Kill me!!”

Hwang Yi suddenly shouted like that and began to chant a spell as if he was preparing an incredible divine magic. This was completely different from his usual form of just shouting the magic initiation words.

“I’ll kill you first. Don’t be a jerk, little brother.”

Arcana, who passed by Hwang-i, who was reciting the spell, left such eerie words and disappeared.

“Punishment?”

It was punishment. As if the punishment had been saving its power, the punishment appeared in front of the Doom Knight in a flash.

Breaking news-. Urrr! Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwang!!!!!

It literally became a lightning bolt itself and burned the Doom Knight.

Among the attributes of nature, the most powerful force, and therefore the most difficult to handle, is the attribute of thunder.

That power is unleashed as full force through the purest spirit knight of the brain.

The Punisher’s show of force seemed to be shouting at the demons:

Mana of Death? What is that? Is it something you eat?

Also, it wasn’t just the Punishment Arcana that was angry. No, it would be more correct to say that all the Arcana were angry.

“Mortálĭtas!”

The witch’s magic seeped into the Doom Knight, who was being unilaterally harassed by the Punisher.

“Höllenfeuer!!”

In addition, May’s magic was revealed.

Even from a considerable distance away, a pillar of fire so hot that it could be felt was engulfing the Doom Knight.

And after a long casting, the divine magic of Hwang-i was completed and manifested.

“Veruína de Longínus.”

A strangely long spear appeared in front of Huang Yi, shining with a bright light.

Huang Yi, holding the spear floating in the air as if it were a Soul Weapon, the exclusive property of the Grand Master, aimed it at the Doom Knight from a distance and stabbed him.

Then, just like the Ruyi Jingu Bang of Jecheon Daeseong, it quickly grew longer and struck the Doom Knight, who was engulfed in a pillar of fire and lightning, unable to even scream in pain.

At this point, it almost looks like we’re harassing the Doom Knight.

Oh, of course it’s annoying.

Just one spirit of light appeared, and the atmosphere changed completely.

Not only that, all the Arcanas that had seemed to have limited abilities until now were now at full power.

Is the spirit of light that great?

“The spirit of light is great. But that’s not all, oppa.”

“Huh?”

How did you know what I was thinking?

May is now right next to me, answering my questions.

“Because they’re still connected by power. Hehe. That’s because of the uniqueness of this space. I’ll explain in detail later. But first, shouldn’t we summon Santa’s younger brother again? There are a lot of tired people, and Santa will be worried, right? ”

“Ah… … !”

I quickly summoned Santa, whom I had forgotten about due to the panic. Santa appeared with a group of lights, looked around, and then ran towards me after spotting me.

“Are you okay, lord? Mom? Is there blood here? Here too! Why here too!”

As expected of the best priest, he finds all the wounds I didn’t even know I had and casts healing spells to quickly heal them.

When Santa is treating a wound, you must absolutely, unconditionally remain still. Just as she wants you to remain still. Otherwise, you will be subjected to nagging and the typical motherly gaze of a naughty son.

After a while of holding Catherine like that for treatment, I felt definitely refreshed.

“Is that guy?”

I simply nodded in response to Santa’s lively voice, which felt like deja vu.

“That was him. The one who made you scream. That’s what happened. How dare you!”

Then Santa simply stretched out both hands and pointed at the Doom Knight.

Spell? Magic? Sorcery?

There was no such thing.

He simply poured out Holy Power, a Holy Power so pure that it was almost creepy, a Holy Power so massive that it took your breath away, a Holy Power that was far more than that of the Arcana.

Punisher’s brainwave, May’s flame spell, the witch’s death spell, and Huang Yi’s holy spear summoning.

Like a water cannon sprayed on a blazing fire scene, all of those things pale in comparison, the Doom Knight’s body crumbles and falls apart under the impact of Santa’s Holy Power.

“You’re a bad guy!”

“Oh, oh, oh. Okay.”

Who did that?

They say that a quiet person is scarier when he gets angry.

It’s really scary when Santa gets angry.

By the way, guys over there?

So I’m supposed to scream when I get hit by that Doom Knight guy?

“We got our revenge! As much as our screams cost.”

I told you no?

Well, no!