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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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The “visualization” of a Divine Field.
The Divine Field was a broken ability that rarely appeared even in the original novel.
That alone was dangerous, but visualizing a Divine Field was a completely different ball game.
A visualized Divine Field possessed several times the power of an existing Divine Field.
However, the visualization of the Divine Field was an extremely dangerous ability for its caster.
This was because it amplified the power of the Divine Field at the cost of the user’s life.
And the Divine Field visualized at the cost of Elin’s life was rushing towards me and Elena.
Swooosh!
Hundreds of thin, hook-like branches of the black Divine Field.
I tried to distance myself as much as possible to avoid them.
“Ugh…!”
However, the Divine Field was tracking me even faster, irrespective of my direction.
It looks like it will catch up to me soon.
‘I guess I can’t avoid it after all?’
I couldn’t let that Divine Field even graze me.
It would be fortunate if it ended with my body melting and dying from the poison.
It wouldn’t be strange if something worse happened.
“It’s coming from below too!”
As I frantically avoided the tendrils, I looked downward at Elena’s words.
I saw a strand of the Divine Field stealthily approaching from below, aiming for my blind spot.
By the time I noticed, it was already too late.
The Divine Field that shot out like an arrow in an instant wasn’t something I could avoid, even if I moved quickly now.
Swooosh!!
“Kyaaah!”
At that moment when Elena screamed.
Bang!!!
I cast a spell that gave a strong physical impact towards my back while holding my breath.
“…Ugh!!”
That impact quickly pushed my body forward.
Thanks to that, the Divine Field rushing towards me barely grazed past my eyes.
*Ding!*
I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth.
“Young Lord!”
I just shook my head at Elena, who was shouting with a pale face.
It was fortunate that it ended with just a minor injury.
If I hadn’t created a defensive barrier with defensive magic in advance, it wouldn’t have ended with just a few broken bones.
Moreover, there was no time to stop now.
I constantly moved in the sky above the castle to repel the Divine Field tracking me.
While running away, I checked Elin’s face, visible through the window.
Her complexion was turning as pale as a dead person.
She was pouring out several times the capacity she currently possessed.
It couldn’t be Elin’s own will.
The evil god Yuan was forcibly drawing out Elin’s life force.
I could shake off the pursuing Divine Field by infinitely increasing the distance. Nonetheless, it would equally increase the distance of the Divine Field to catch me and Elena.
And the more the Divine Field expanded, Elin’s life force disappeared.
That was why I had no choice but to avoid it as much as possible by flying around the castle.
Yuan had taken a new hostage called ‘Elin.’
“I, I’ll heal you now…”
Elena gently placed her hand on my body and began to pray.
As the warm light of healing poured out, I quickly spoke.
“No, don’t.”
Elena needed to replenish her strength.
When using the Divine Field, the user’s energy consumption was several times that of ordinary sacred magic.
Even for a saintess, using the Divine Field was equally tricky.
At that moment.
Zap!
“Ugh!”
The Divine Field touched the tip of my shoe.
Even though it only touched briefly, the part where the Divine Field touched had already turned black and melted away due to the strong poison.
It had almost caught up to me.
“Damn it…!”
I could try to give my body another impact to gain speed for a moment, but my body wouldn’t be able to endure it.
If only I had a body that could become stronger through exercise, I would have trained it to the point where it could withstand my magic once or twice!
‘Time…!’
Until dawn breaks, just a little more.
If I could stall for a very short time, I could use the means I had been hiding.
‘I can’t use it now!’
It was my last resort.
If it was exposed now, the means to catch Yuan off guard would completely disappear.
If there was no other way, that was the only option.
‘Damn, I didn’t want to do that.’
‘Store!’
The words ‘randomly selected major side effect’.
It was an ability I had never used before because of that.
Sizzle!
“Kyaah…!”
Not only my shoe but also the tip of Elena’s hair touched the Divine Field, turned black, and fell off.
It wasn’t just her. I was in an equal amount of danger.
Although it hadn’t touched my flesh yet, the moment it directly touched the Divine Field… I would undoubtedly die.
‘Now that it’s come to this!’
Even if I received side effects, would it be worse than dying?
I purchased Boosting.
As soon as I did, I felt my mana amplifying instantly as if water in a kettle was boiling.
‘The effect is definitely there!’
I significantly increased my speed with the amplified mana.
As the Divine Field tracking me split into even smaller branches, I avoided it again by sharply changing direction.
And after escaping at full speed, I was able to gain some distance.
“…We, we got away?”
Elena spoke, gauging the distance from the Divine Field that had moved away.
“No.”
This was only a temporary measure.
Yuan was desperate.
The speed of the Divine Field tracking us had become much faster.
The range and number seemed to have doubled compared to before.
That alone was enough to estimate the amount of life force drained from the user.
‘All of it.’
I turned my gaze and looked at Elin.
Elin, who had been standing and enduring, was slowly sitting down.
Now, Elin’s life was the problem.
She was dying. Elin was most certainly dying right now.
Anyone could notice that if they saw her condition.
Her complexion was already paler than a corpse, and there was no sign of life in her beautifully shining silver eyes.
She was barely holding on at the boundary between life and death.
“Lady Elin is…”
Elena noticed Elin’s condition.
“I’m angry.”
It wasn’t directed at Elin or Yuan.
Elena was trembling slightly, perhaps frustrated with her own powerlessness.
I couldn’t forget her words and the expression filled with pure goodwill when she said she had to help.
Moreover, it was right after she found out she had a sister.
How would Elena feel about losing her right away?
I checked the time.
It was just before dawn and daybreak.
A very brief moment when the moon and sun had disappeared, and only darkness remained in the world.
The distance from the Divine Field, further enhanced by the life force squeezed out of Elin, had quickly closed in again.
“Do you want to save her? You’ll have to risk your life.”
Elena turned her face to me.
I asked in vain.
Elena had already made up her mind firmly.
“Yes.”
Elena answered resolutely in the darkness before the sun had risen, shining like the sun by herself.
“…I want to.”
I let out a sigh.
That’s right.
“Now do as I say.”
I explained the plan to Elena, which consisted of but a single phase.
Hearing my words, Elena looked puzzled but soon nodded as if she had made up her mind.
“I will.”
Elena’s answer was completely satisfactory.
Those words alone were enough.
The light of the sun was gradually illuminating the sky beyond the ridge.
A very short time until the sun’s light shone on the castle.
And the moment Yuan’s Divine Field spread wide and shot out.
“Natural Assimilation.”
I disappeared in an instant along with Elena, whom I was holding.
The unique ability I gained when I defeated Cluak at the age of 8 while saving Nias.
Natural Assimilation.
The ability to thoroughly blend in with the surrounding scenery and visually conceal one’s appearance.
Moreover, the other party in direct contact with me could conceal their appearance.
As my and Elena’s figures disappeared, the movement of the Divine Field that had been rushing in relentlessly stopped abruptly as if time had frozen.
After a moment of confusion, the Divine Field began to move again.
‘Yuan has only one choice.’
Yuan doesn’t know that I won’t kill Elin.
In a situation where Yuan can’t exert his power without Elin, he can only take one action.
To retract the expanded Divine Field back to Elin’s surroundings.
And I quickly shot down, chasing the contracting Divine Field.
I had to get close to it before Elin was completely protected by the Divine Field.
*Ding!*
I couldn’t be slower than the Divine Field here.
If that happened, the plan and everything would be over.
I made up my mind with a sigh. Even if I died, I couldn’t die after losing.
I braced myself for the pain that would come, created a protective barrier around myself like before, and firmly struck my back with magic.
I felt a pain as if my spine would break, but I was able to accelerate for a moment like before.
*Ding!*
I irritably closed the system window, warning me of serious injury, and charged towards the window where Elin was sitting.
With a very slight difference, I arrived faster than the contraction speed of the Divine Field.
[3 seconds left.]
The moment I jumped into the building, the invisibility around Elena and I was lifted.
“…!”
Elin’s pupils expanded greatly upon confirming our appearance.
“Why…?”
Elin asked, moving her lips.
She was looking at us as if she couldn’t understand.
*Ding!*
And I became unable to move anymore.
As mana drained out of me, the stamina I had been supplementing with magic and the additional side effects from the Frail status hit me.
*Ding!*
When I knelt down with the notification from the system window, my eyes met Elena’s.
Elena was smiling as if telling me to trust her.
At that moment, the sun rose behind Elena.
As the bright sunlight seeped into the corridor, the shadows that had accumulated throughout the night quickly disappeared.
Elena released the strength from her arms, embracing my neck as if she was relying on me, and rushed towards Elin.
Elena’s silver hair, receiving the sunlight as she ran, swayed like golden waves.
As if she was a divine apostle who descended from above.
Elena shone much brighter under the sun than under the moon.
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