episode_0205

“Ugh… What kind of lightning is this…!”

When Orha heard the loud sound of the house collapsing, he reflexively crouched and went under the table.

Azur, the landlord, seemed carefree.

“Oh, aren’t you scared?”

“What is there to be afraid of? I believe in the dwarves’ construction skills. It won’t collapse in an earthquake.”

An explanation was added that dwarves are short and do not place objects on high places.

“But that was really the sound of a house collapsing……”

“…It can’t be helped that the dragon trampled it himself.”

“What if this place is targeted…?”

“Well… isn’t there at least something the table can help with?”

“Aaaah! Then what should I do!”

“Hasn’t God himself stepped in to prevent that? If I feel anxious, it must be because I lack faith in God.”

“Ah……”

Orha could sense pure trust from Azur.

Orha couldn’t tell whether it was the difference in mindset between dwarves and humans, or whether Azur was special.

The only thing that was certain was that his faith was stronger than that of most high-ranking priests.

And that appearance also had implications for the saint, Orha.

‘If everyone were that faithful, it would be a great help to God, right?’

In fact, it was thanks to the dwarves’ faith that there were no major problems even when Eugene’s faith was defeated in the fight with Akasha.

Although the mundane thing called alcohol was the catalyst, it was by no means a shallow belief because it was based on saving the village from a dragon that almost withered the entire village to death.

Of course, it is necessary to consider what status the position of the god of alcohol has for drunkards.

Quang!

Once again, the sound of a house collapsing startled Orha. This time, it was quite close and the sound was loud, so Azur, who was trying to remain calm, looked a little surprised.

“Orha. Run away now.”

“Yes? But what are you going to do, Azur!?”

“I have to protect the house. Since his body is too weak to go outside in the first place… Orha will be able to run away alone.”

“Ugh… That’s actually…”

Orha clenched his lower lip. In fact, she had been having a hard time feeling strong since before.

An unfamiliar and dizzying feeling, as if her faith had been completely cut out, tormented Orha.

In a situation where I doubted whether I could even walk properly, there was no way I could do anything like run away from the dragon’s eyes.

“Yes? Have you been feeling like your body has no strength at all since before?”

“Yes… I don’t know why I’m like this either…”

“That’s a big deal, but I’ll look for some over-the-counter medicine first!”

“No…! This won’t be that kind of problem.”

If you are sick, the person who can best determine your condition is a doctor. However, if it is related to faith, it is difficult to understand it better than Saint Orha.

Orha knew that his body was not in a state that could be solved with medicine.

While I was unable to do anything and was just waiting for death to strike at any moment, a strong wind rose in the house.

“Huh? The window was closed, but the wind blew…”

“Hey!”

A strange voice heard along with the wind. It was Eugene’s spirit Sirocco.

“Luckily, you stayed calm here. They are good guys who listen well.”

“Sirocco? Is it Sirocco?”

Sirocco answered Orha’s question.

“Yes! Eugene wants you to run away with him!”

“Sirocco? Uh… I’m sorry, but I can’t understand what you’re saying?”

One o’clock was urgently needed, but unfortunately, the two could not understand the spirit’s words.

“Ah! Just follow me!”

Since Sirocco couldn’t waste the time Eugene was risking his life for, he skipped the detailed explanation and forced the two out of the house.

Since he was this strong, of course Orha and Azur were able to understand Sirocco’s intentions.

“Wait a minute… I actually don’t have any strength in my body…!”

“Don’t worry! Just leave your body to the wind!”

“When I go outside, I get sick because of the sunlight…!”

“Ah! Are you looking at the situation outside and talking about the sun!?”

“Oh….”

Outside, there was shallow darkness due to the influence of Satan Station. It was embarrassing to call it night, but it was dark enough to resemble cloudy weather just before rain.

” That’s ridiculous… Why on earth is it outside? ”

It was Azur who spoke directly, but Orha was also quite embarrassed. At the same time, he realized that this darkness was related to the abnormality that occurred in his body.

“Okay, Sirocco!”

Orha had experience with Eugene flying in the Scirocco, so he relaxed his body as much as possible to make it easier for the Scirocco to carry.

“Two dragons….”

When Azur realized that there were two unbelievably large beings in front of him, his body automatically lost strength.

“Good, it’s already light so it’s easy to move.”

As he had intended, Sirocco took the two out of the range of influence of Satan Station. It was natural that it was out of Akasha’s sight.

“Wayne!?”

Under the shade of a large tree, Orha was surprised to see Wayne already collapsed when he arrived. Wayne, who had lost consciousness for a moment due to the strong shock, finally got up and answered.

“Ugh… Orha….”

“Uh, what happened?”

“Never-enemy. Our archenemy has appeared…”

Wayne briefly explained Eugene and Akasha’s relationship and what happened from Akasha’s appearance until now.

“Well, then Eugene is fighting alone over there right now? Without Wayne and Sirocco’s help!?”

“Yes.”

“This is not the time! Let’s go help quickly!”

“I want to do that too, but… shamefully, there is no way in that darkness.”

“Oh….”

Orha’s heart, which had been running ahead, quickly sank. With a little thought, one could infer that since there was a problem with his divine power, Wayne would also have a problem.

“I’m sorry. Wayne must be the most frustrated…”

“No, no. I still have Arjen’s strength, but it’s pathetic that my body can’t adapt…”

Unlike Orha, who had all his divine power, Wayne still had the power he gained through his pact with Arjen.

However, she had been using a mixture of that power and divine power for so long that she was suddenly left with only Arjen’s power, so she had no idea what was left.

It was as if one of his two arms had suddenly been cut off.

“…All I can do is pray.”

At Azur’s words, Orha’s head nodded slightly as if she were angry.

The good news was that the prayers here were not vague tortures of hope.

In fact, Eugene, who was fighting for them, was God, and God was an unrivaled being in embodying faith as power.

Orha knelt down on the spot and prayed. It was a prayer for Stella, the goddess he believed in, and for Eugene, who was fighting somewhere ahead.

Perhaps her prayer reached the sky, and soon the light darkness that Akasha had laid down disappeared.

“Oh! Look at that! The darkness has cleared!”

“It’s true.”

“Well, I have to go help Eugene!”

Wayne and Sirocco followed Orha, who ran forward without any thought at all.

“It would be much faster if I took you there than if you went alone.”

Although Orha did not understand Sirocco’s words, he smiled at the action of wrapping himself in the wind.

“Thank you!”

Azur, who was left alone as he watched the three disappear into the distance in an instant, folded his hands and prayed.

“…I guess I should stay here and do what I can.”

***

“Sanctuary… Sanctuary?”

Even from Akasha’s perspective, the light of the sanctuary that illuminated the entire area as brightly as starlight was not a lie, but a real sanctuary.

There were only two things he referred to when creating the magic called Satan Station.

One was, of course, the atmosphere of the place called Earth, which was extremely toxic to religious beliefs.

The information of a world that basically did not believe in God was more valuable to him than most treasure troves.

The other was a miracle that used the divine power called Sanctuary, which originally existed.

Among those who have inherited Stella’s power, only a very small number of saints, and even among those saints, only a small number can create the miracle called sanctuary.

There was so little information that even Akasha, who lived for a long time, had to spend a long time looking for records in the literature.

“Saint…!”

Akasha instinctively followed the sight of the saint using her sanctuary.

“…Arjen!?”

Akasha was once again surprised by the appearance of a human saint who looked so similar to Arjen.

‘No, that’s not Arjen.’

Although they looked surprisingly similar on the outside, it wasn’t so much that Akasha, the dragon, couldn’t tell them apart.

“That bitch…!”

Now that the Sanctuary has already been declared, it has become impossible for Akasha to use the Satanic Station.

This is because bright starlight will not bring any negative energy into the area.

This was also the fundamental reason why Akasha tried to deal with the saint without solving the role of Satan as much as possible.

“Huh… Huh….”

Meanwhile, Orha, who had declared sanctuary, was also in a state of death.

I did this because I suddenly sensed the evil energy from Akasha from before.

Although she was quite faithful, she was not enough to achieve the miracle of ministry.

If she wasn’t careful, she could have died from the stress on her body, but the reason she was able to succeed was largely due to the strong faith she saw in Azur just before.

“Sanctuary….”

Wayne was also heartbroken when he saw the miracle Orha had achieved.

Only Eugene, who knew nothing, spoke to Wayne, who had just returned, without notice.

“You guys, I was surprised by your sudden appearance.”

“Yes. Since Akasha’s hex has been lifted, of course I have to come to help. Anyway, I never thought the day would come when I live to see the sanctuary.”

“What effect did Sanctuary have that makes you so surprised?”

“The sanctuary… is literally a miracle. The very fact that we can declare sanctuary is recognized as a miracle.”

Wayne’s explanation that followed was truly worthy of being called a miracle.

“The effect of the sanctuary is simply to change the surrounding area into a sacred area rather than an ordinary underworld.”

“Yeah…? Is that really that great?”

“Do you know what the sacred area the elves are talking about? It must be very familiar to you.”

“Green land… Ah!”

Only the land declared by Prinia herself can become a green land. And in most of those green lands, the world tree, which is part of Prinia, takes root.

In other words, it meant that Stella’s descent was possible in this sanctuary blessed with stars.

The moment Eugene realized this, the clouds in the sky completely cleared and a brilliant light poured out.

The moment everyone present felt a powerful presence that could not be described in words was not a simple illusion.